Poison's Rikki Rockett Arrested on Rape Warrant

Posted Mar 28th 2008 8:00AM by TMZ Staff

The drummer for everyone's fave 80's hair band, Poison, was arrested Monday on a rape warrant out of Mississippi as he got off a flight from New Zealand at LAX.

46-year-old Rikki Rockett was busted by the Airport Division of the LAPD as he was going through customs. As the LA Daily News first reported, Rockett, a former hairdresser whose real name is Richard Ream, was transported to the L.A. County Jail, where he was booked on a felony fugitive sexual assault warrant out of Neshoba County, Mississippi. Where Rockett is exactly right now we don't know.

Information about the warrant and specific charges was not immediately available.

Rockett and singer Bret Michaels -- high school classmates -- founded Poison together. He was in New Zealand to reunite and perform with other original members of the band at Rock2Wellington, a huge heavy metal show.

Story developing ...

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31. More disturbing than the rape allegation is the fact that Robert needs to take a cold shower after reading about it.

Posted at 1:28AM on Mar 28th 2008 by Del

32. DEL! lol I wasn't going to post it. Hope Robert feels better. Maybe he just needed a shower and it had nothing to do with this blog. Lets hope..

Posted at 1:33AM on Mar 28th 2008 by Kelli

33. Well TMZ...it only took you 12 hours to get on this story. But you were on the Busch kid beer drinking arrest pretty quick...even though you had the state it happend in wrong at first. Good for you! Top notch reprting from a bottom dwelling staff.

Posted at 1:54AM on Mar 28th 2008 by H B Rider

34. By the way TMZ...you just did a copy and paste from Yahoo News on this. You didn't even write this. Word for word this is exactly the same report from Yahoo News. That is where I first read about this...on Yahoo in the morning! First it takes you by news terms FOREVER to get on this and then you have to copy someone elses work? Yep, your best days are far behind you TMZ.

Posted at 2:05AM on Mar 28th 2008 by H B Rider

35. had nothing to do with he post, wife is goe for the weekend. I'll b ok,

Posted at 2:08AM on Mar 28th 2008 by Robert

36. had nothing to do with the post, wife is gone for the weekend, I'll be fine.

Posted at 2:12AM on Mar 28th 2008 by Robert

37. why a cold shoulder?!?!? LMAO
i meant shower.

and Keli...im glad you forgot his name . men suck anyways !

Posted at 2:46AM on Mar 28th 2008 by butt head

38. Bobby Dall I would belive this story but not Rikki Rockett.

Posted at 2:48AM on Mar 28th 2008 by XOlianaXO

39. the world is gonna end soon .
i just ate a frog and i have a picture of robert in my head jerking it!!

i must go now and pray

Posted at 2:49AM on Mar 28th 2008 by areallofyouwithitthesedaysorwhat

40. CAUTION: DO NOT TALK ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS ON THIS SITE! NOT A GOOD IDEA.

NOW I MUST GO EAT A COFFEE TABLE.

Posted at 2:51AM on Mar 28th 2008 by areallofyouwithitthesedaysorwhat

41. RAPE IS WHACK!

Posted at 4:33AM on Mar 28th 2008 by WHITNEY

42. I dont believe this. Its probablly some groupie trailer trash whore that is lookin for money.

Posted at 7:22AM on Mar 28th 2008 by SugarCookie

43. LMAO Kelli........his crotch DOES look short! LMAO

Posted at 7:44AM on Mar 28th 2008 by JustDonna

44. Coincidentally, I just saw a Poison CD in the "$4.99 & under" bargain bin, at WalMart.

Posted at 7:52AM on Mar 28th 2008 by Cam

45. i AM HUGE FAN OF ROCK, BUT THAT HAIRCUT HAS TO BE THE STUPIDEST THING IVE EVER SEEN. i WOULD THROW HIS HAIR DRESSER IN JAIL TOO FOR RAPING HIS HEAD.

Posted at 8:06AM on Mar 28th 2008 by dANtHAmAN

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