More from the pop courts. A trial date has been set for **Alex
Lifeson of Canadian rock band Rush** who is charged with assaulting a police deputy during an altercation at a Florida hotel on
New Years 2004. As previously reported, Lifeson had the run in with police at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Florida after he was involved in a fracas that seemingly followed attempts to force his son Justin off the stage at a New Years party.
Police say Lifeson was violent when they tried to break up the fracas, throwing one female deputy down a flight of stairs.
But Lifeson says it was the police who mistreated him. It remains to be seen if the police and defense can agree on a plea - if they can Lifeson could avoid the trial, which is set to start on 16 May.