Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert could face life in prison following alleged hit-and-run
Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert is facing life in prison after striking his ex bandmate Brandan Yates’ father William with his car.
Upon arriving to William Yates’ home on 29 March, Ebert is alleged to have struck down the 79-year-old with his vehicle, leaving him severely injured with a broken leg.
News of Ebert’s alleged hit-and-run first hit the press back in April, with the Baltimore Banner reporting that the guitarist considered his actions to be of “pure self-defence”, claiming that “they’re the attackers”. Despite pleading his innocence, a Montgomery County grand jury has now formally indicted a charge of attempted first-degree murder – a significant upgrade from the Montgomery County police’s original charge of attempted second-degree murder.
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The more serious charge comes with potentially more severe repercussions for Ebert; now, if the guitarist is convicted, he could be handed a life sentence.
According to the Baltimore Banner, Ebert’s alleged hit-and-run was preceded by the guitarist driving by William Yates’ home, honking his horn and yelling “obscenities” at William Yates, his daughter and his son-in-law. However, Ebert allegedly then escalated the situation and drove back around to the house.
Surveillance footage provided by the Montgomery County police allegedly shows William “warning” his daughter and her partner to get away. However, the 79-year-old wasn’t so lucky; according to the police, Ebert struck Yates while he was trying to run away, yelling that he “deserved it”.
Back in August 2022, Turnstile parted ways with Ebert. While the guitarist had been a founding member, the group explained in an Instagram Story: “We are deeply grateful for our time together. Our love for him continues and we wish him nothing but the best moving forward.”
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However, in a statement shared with Rolling Stone last month, the band clarified that Ebert’s removal from the project had been triggered by his self-destructive behaviour and increasingly “violent” nature. “Turnstile cut ties with Brady Ebert in 2022 in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behaviour affecting himself, the band, and the community,” the band explained.
“After exhausting every available resource to support his access to help and recovery, a boundary ultimately had to be set when healthy communication was no longer possible and he began threatening violence.”
“In the years since, his baseless tirades have continued in public. We never addressed it. We chose to protect his privacy and the circumstances around his departure, even when he did nothing to be deserving of that protection. Over the past few months, his threats only escalated further… We have no language left for Brady.”
In recent years, the ex-Turnstile riffer joined a new band, The S.E.T. (Self Evident Truth). However, his new bandmates also ended up kicking him out back in February, following some erratic social media posts criticising Turnstile.
According to NME, Ebert publicly accused his former bandmates of “misusing funds from a benefit gig”, forcing his new band to cut ties with him. “Brady is no longer a member of The S.E.T.,” the band wrote on Instagram. “We will not stand by his ridiculous comments and behaviour toward the members of our band and our community.”
The criticism of his old band came shortly after Ebert had criticised them in January. According to Vice, the guitarist had slammed Turnstile for posting an “abolish ICE” post, labelling it a performative move: “Lmao, no one in Turnstile cares at all about ethics or social issues in general, they’re just pandering to their audience.”
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