Does it surprise you that a professional rock musician got arrested for a DUI? It certainly should surprise no one. If a Mormon Congressman from Utah can get arrested for DUI, anyone can.
Add former Korn drummer David Silveria to the list. At least he didn’t try to plead not guilty. The musician was arrested last March for driving under the influence and committing a hit-and-run, but he claimed that extenuating circumstances were at play in making him seem as though he was driving under the influence. What the heck does that even mean? As reported in loudwire.com.
Silveria was pulled over by police in Huntington Beach, Calif., but stated that he had not been drinking and blamed his driving woes on the after effects of a sleeping pill. The rocker claimed to have blown a 0.0 on the breathalyzer at the time he was pulled over, but the officers arrested him when he revealed he had taken a sleeping pill the night before.
The drummer said he suffered from insomnia and did not realize the following morning that he was too exhausted to drive when he got behind the wheel. As he was heading to breakfast, Silveria reportedly rear-ended another vehicle.
As part of his punishment, the drummer was sentenced to three years of informal probation, and he must partake in a three-month first offender program and attend a M.A.D.D. victim impact panel.
After leaving Korn, Silveria returned to music last year with the new band INFINIKA.
I guess there was an extenuating circumstance. I would offer him an 15-hour online drug education class to teach him about the effects of prescription medications, including sleeping pills, as part of his recovery.