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KFIX Rock News: AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill and Drug Charges

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AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd apparently has admitted to doing some dirty deeds.  New Zealand’s ONE News reports that the 60-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer pleaded guilty to three criminal charges — including threatening to kill, and possession of marijuana and methamphetamine — Tuesday morning in a district court in his home of Tauranga, New Zealand.

According to ONE News, Rudd faces a maximum seven-year prison sentence for the threatening to kill charge, while the drug charges could result in a several-month sentence or a monetary fine.

The case has now been adjourned until June 26, and Rudd’s attorney, Craig Tuck, has announced that he plans to apply for a discharge without conviction for the rocker, which, if granted, could mean no jail time for drummer.

Rudd was arrested in November of last year, and initially also was charged with being involved in a murder-for-hire plot, although that charge was quickly dropped.

It’s not clear what Phil’s future with AC/DC will be. The band has announced that Chris Slade, who previously was a member of the band from 1989 to 1994, will be behind the drum kit for the group’s 2015 Rock or Bust tour.

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