Former Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Denies Assault Allegations

09/14/2012

Mickey Hart, 69, the former drummer for the Grateful Dead, was recently accused of assault by CJ Starbuses Inc. owner Cecil "CJ" Curtsinger, who claims that Hart attacked him at the Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in the back of one of his company's busses, pushing him, hitting him, throwing him on the bus floor and cursing at him.