HOB Guard Arrested For Assaulting Picture Taker

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 15, 2009 2:00PM

A quick head's up: the language in the below video is NSFW.

Our pals at Gapers Block have pointed us to some stunning video that's been making the rounds this week: a security guard at the House of Blues assaults a young woman for allegedly taking his picture. The incident took place after Monday night's Hanson show at the HOB and blogger Carlos Miller has more on what happened, including reports from a witness that claims the girl wasn't taking a picture of the man at all. Of course, taking a picture of someone in a public place isn't illegal, just a matter of courtesy if they don't wish to be photographed.

Late yesterday afternoon, NBC 5 reported that the guard, Darrell Gibson, 31, of Sauk Village, had been arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery.

Police would not confirm that Gibson worked for the House of Blues, but a spokesperson for the venue said that "an incident occurred on Monday night outside House of Blues involving an individual and a security guard" and that the venue would "cooperate fully with the authorities."

Gibson and two other HOB employees that were involved in the fracas were suspended. Live Nation issued a statement, saying:

"An incident occurred on Monday night outside House of Blues involving an individual and a security guard. We take our responsibility to maintain the safety of both our patrons and the artists who play at the House of Blues very seriously. We are looking into the incident and will cooperate fully with the authorities."

The HOB was recently sued by another woman claiming she was unnecessarily roughed up by security guards.