The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from a bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.

The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its bus drivers of violating state water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil penalties.

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Posted by Lawren at August 25, 2004 08:46 AM

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Oh, man. Just plain nasty.

Says: Kelly at August 25, 2004 09:04 AM

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not just nasty, but N A S T Y!

those people could get really sick from that

Says: Uptown Girl at August 25, 2004 10:13 AM

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Usually it's his crappy music he dumps on people. Now it's literally crap. Nice. He's giving back to his fans.

Says: garybibb at August 25, 2004 10:36 AM

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I knew he was spewing a lot of crap, but 800 lbs? That's a lot even for a political hack, which is what he's become.

Says: Norman at August 26, 2004 12:43 AM

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Good Lord. I foresee some heavy duty, personal lawsuits for the band and rightly so.

Says: Nanc' at August 26, 2004 10:07 AM

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Glad I was done eating BEFORE I read that. Eeww.

Says: daniel at August 26, 2004 01:42 PM

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Yeah, I read this the other day and would have to say that if I were on that boat, SOMEBODY would be getting sued!!!!

Says: EJ at August 26, 2004 04:00 PM

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