This story should really be in the 'Not In The Pop Courts' section, but we don't have one. Poison frontman Bret Michaels has said he will not sue producers of the Tony Awards after being injured leaving the stage at the big awards show earlier in the month.
As previously reported, after appearing at the big theatrical awards in New York, the singer was hit on the head by a descending piece of set as he left the stage, in what looks like it could have been a pretty serious incident (see it here). After the show his legal rep criticised Tony Awards producers for blaming Michaels for the accident, by saying he just didn't get out of the way quick enough. Noting the awards organisation's lack of concern for the rocker in their comment on the incident, legal rep Janna Elias said: "I feel had this incident happened to Liza Minelli, Dolly Parton or Elton John, the Tonys would have at least issued a letter of concern".
But Michaels has now said that, despite everything, he has no intention of suing over the accident. According to People magazine, the Poison frontman says: "I was honoured to be asked to be at the Tonys. I'd never done it before and in all my life it's not something I thought I'd be on. I was really excited. There's no lawsuit. I'm not doing any of that. I'm taking the high road".
Wow, look at that, a forgiving American who doesn't leap straight for the money-grabbing lawsuit. Who'd have thought there was such a thing? I suppose on the upside the incident may have helped promote Michaels' autobiography, which is due out this summer.