I could go with that, but this interview shouldn't be about the law case in the U.S." Do you really believe they would let us go like that? I don't think so. "Imagine in a U.S jail and we're four guys who really did it. "Because I could explain that, but I don't wanna deal with the monster. The thing is that I don't want to explain what is this about because I would need to touch some things and talk about some people and about some procedures that we decided to not touch this topic.
But 11 days before the trial date, a Spokane County deputy prosecutor filed a motion dropping all rape and kidnapping charges without prejudice, meaning the four men could be prosecuted in the future.Īsked by "Scars And Guitars" if that means that the entire case is now legally behind him and his DECAPITATED bandmates, Vogg said: "Yes, that's for sure. Kieltyka, drummer Michal Lysejko, singer Rafal Piotrowski and bassist Hubert Wiecek were scheduled to begin trial in January 2018 in Spokane County Superior Court. We're trying to just go forward without any mistakes, to do just good decisions life, and it looks like everything is going the right direction." And we start to actually forget about that … We take our lesson. 'Cause it was already a few years, and we've been working hard to go out from this in every possible way. "But you have to know right now we feel all way better than during this. "Yeah, it was very traumatic and really just unbelievable," Vogg added. And then all these days in a jail and all these months after. And you say to yourself, like, 'Where I actually am? Is this just kind of a dream right now? Or is it real things going on?' It was a really irrational experience. And the people, they're talking some things about you you didn't do, and they try to put you prison like the worst people on the planet. "It's so abstract that being in a big courtroom in front of all those people, seeing for the first time in your life judges and prosecutors and facing this. The other side is you're facing of your longtime freedom if something goes wrong. "The worst thing you're facing this kind of charges that are crushing your whole career and your personal life," he continued.
If you're suddenly going for something which is such a scary thing, because it was a scary thing. It's hard to imagine, if you're not in this kind of situation, how it was, how it is in reality. Looking back on the experience, Vogg said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It really was a really painful process and really traumatic. At the time, the prosecutors filed a motion in Spokane County Superior Court dismissing the charges, citing only the "well-being of the victim" as the reason. In January 2018, rape and kidnapping charges against the musicians were dropped by prosecutors in Washington state.
In a new interview with Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast, guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka of Polish extreme metal veterans DECAPITATED reflected on the fact all four members of his band were accused by a woman of gang-raping her after a concert in 2017 in Spokane, Washington.