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Puddle Of Mudd Singer Arrested Immediately After Walking Off Stage

Puddle of Mudd performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beach in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. 3/15/02 Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images

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When last we heard from Wes Scantlin, troubled frontman of nu-metal also-rans Puddle Of Mudd, his bandmates were walking out on him in the middle of a disastrous UK show. And now TMZ reports that a bail bondsman arrested Scantlin last night, immediately after he stepped offstage during a show in Hermosa Beach, California. Scantlin has missed two court hearings in a vandalism case -- presumably this one, in which Scantlin broke into a house that he'd once owned. TMZ caught footage of Scantlin being led out of the court in handcuffs:

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The band reportedly didn't get a chance to encore, so maybe the crowd had to go home without hearing "She Hates Me."

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