Yeah, I suspect Kid Rock should have made space in his diary for this appointment. The rocker has lost a legal dispute with a woman called Kelly Ann Kozlowski because he failed to show up for a court ordered deposition before the end of October, as ordered by the judge.
Kozlowski accused Kid Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, of "roughing her up" outside his studio in Clarkston, Michigan earlier in the year. Although no charges were made after authorities investigated the claims, Kozlowski launched civil proceedings against the rocker. He responded by suing her for defamation, claiming she embarrassed and defamed him in a police report.
Judge Shalina Kumar ordered Ritchie to give a formal testimony to the court relating to the case by the end of October, but he failed to do so, claiming he was too busy with work commitments, and offering to do it in November instead. But the judge said this week: "What's special about him? Why does he get to violate a court's order?"
Kumar threw out Ritchie's lawsuit against Kozlowski, and entered a 'default' against the singer in relation to Kozlowski's complaint, which means that when that goes to court next February the singer's liability will be assumed and a jury will simply be asked to decide on what damages the plaintiff is due.
As previously reported, Ritchie also faces misdemeanour battery charges relating to an altercation in a Waffle House restaurant in Atlanta last month, but was not charged over a separate altercation, with Motley Crue's Tommy Lee, at the MTV VMAs.