The Ukrainian police opened a criminal case against the lead singer of the rock band Brutto and the founder of the collective “Lapis Trubetskoy” Sergei Mikhalka. This was reported by the press secretary of the police of the Poltava region Yuriy Sulaev to the Ukrainian edition “Today”.
What is Mikhalka accused of?
The criminal case is being investigated under the article “Hooliganism”. He was brought in on the fact of a fight between Mikhalka and one of the fans at the concert of the project “Lapis-98”, which took place in Poltava on October 20.
The video, which was filmed by the audience from the hall, shows that the incident began with a verbal altercation. An unknown man came on stage with a guitar. The singer began to demand that he show the entrance ticket. The man didn’t have a ticket.
“Show me the ticket!” How did you get here, on the balloon? Or did you come to an unloved artist? Why are you fluttering money at me, do you have a ticket? Why are you trembling?»— asked Mikhalok.
After that, the rocker abruptly grabbed the man by the clothes and hit his head in the nose. Some viewers were outraged by what was happening, and Mikhalok tried to attack them. But there was no continuation of the conflict, and the concert resumed. The police arrived at the scene.
What threatens Mikhalka?
The injured man refused to write a statement on the artist. But at the disposal of the police there are eyewitness accounts and videos taken by viewers and published on social networks.
According to the police secretary Yuri Sulaev, if law enforcement officers establish Mikhalka’s guilt, he faces a fine of 8,500 thousand hryvnias (about 23 thousand rubles at the rate of October 22) or restriction of freedom for up to five years.