Ex-Incubus DJ ordered to surrender firearms after row with current band member
Gavin Koppel is alleged to have threatened to kill Chris Kilmore
Incubus’ current DJ Chris Kilmorehas been granted a three-year restraining order against the DJ he replaced in the band in 1998, Gavin Koppel.
Koppel is alleged to have approached Kilmore in a Los Angeles shop on December 28 and threatened to kill him unless he dropped a previous restraining order that had been obtained in 2003, reports TMZ.com.
Kilmore was allegedly told byKoppel: “You will get killed if you don’t lift that order… people get killed in the street for that.” He is also reported to have tried to fight him.
After Kilmore reported the December incident to police, Koppelhas been ordered to “turn in or sell guns or firearms, if any, to a licenced gun dealer or turn in to police”. He must also stay at least 100 yards away from Kilmore and his girlfriend and must not contact either of them via phone or email.
Kilmore obtained the 2003 restraining order after Koppel spat in his face. Koppel was sacked by Incubus in 1998.
Gavin Koppel responds to Chris Kilmore restraining order
Incubus Member Files TRO Against Former Band Member
Chris Kilmore, the current DJ of the band Incubus, has filed a temporary restraining order against the band’s former DJ Gavin Koppelon behalf of himself and his girlfriend Alison Abiega. He had filed a restraining order against Koppel in 2003 as well.
Allegedly in the summer of 2009, Koppel visited the couple at their home in the middle of the night. On December 29, Koppel approached the couple as they exited a nearby store and “started in on a tirade about scratch records” and confronted Kilmore about the 2003 restraining order.
He then said that Kilmore would “get killed” if he didn’t lift the order and made more threatening comments like telling Kilmore to watch his house before trying to engage him in a fist fight. The altercation ended after the store’s owner came out, prompting Koppel to walk away.
Kilmore also believes Koppel had a gun in his jacket pockets during the heated confrontation and that the band’s former DJ is following him.
“Mr. Koppel has harassed me and other members of Incubus for the last 11 years,” the papers also stated. Koppel, who left the band in February 1998, continues to receive royalties from the records he was part of.
A hearing is set for January 27.
Alternate source: TMZ
