Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme is known for having a bit of a temper at times, so he’s not the sort of guy we’d generally pester for an autograph, even on a good day.
An autograph hunter has found that out the hard way it seems, and is now suing Homme over an alleged assault that occurred last year in Detroit following an Iggy Pop show in which Homme featured, Alternative Nation reports.
According to a lawsuit filed earlier this week, the plaintiff is a school teacher and hobbyist autograph collector named Jason Leckrone, who approached Homme following the show hoping to get an autograph.
The incident was first sparked by Homme it’s alleged, when he “confronted autograph seekers and said something to the effect of – I am not signing autographs for you blood sucking ebayers [sic], I am tired of you making money off me but I will take photos with you.”
Leckrone then took the opportunity to fire back at Homme, it seems, and apparently “pointed out that defendant Homme benefitted from these types of people who attended the concert,” according to the complaint. It appears that this is where things began to escalate, with Homme not taking particularly kindly to that assertion.
“Defendant Homme began taking photos with people while swearing at plaintiff between photos,” it continues. “When defendant Homme finished the last photo, he approached plaintiff [and] was right in his face screaming profanities.”
The lawsuit claims that Homme then entered the nearby party for several minutes, before returning outside, where he “confronted plaintiff again and threatened him … [saying] that he wanted to punch him in the face.”
Homme then pointed his finger “inches from plaintiff’s face … [and] then intentionally and physically grabbed plaintiff around the shoulder area,” the complaint states.
Homme is not the only party to have caught Leckrone’s ire, however, and he’s also suing TMZ for running footage of the altercation as part of a story that “indicated that plaintiff was involved in a ‘nasty name-calling exchange’ with defendant Homme.” Denying this assessment, Leckrone is seeking upwards of $25,000 for “assault, defamation, false light, appropriation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress”.
