09-01-2004, 05:13 AM
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Here's the update:
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Dave Matthews Band Offers Up DNA
Aug 30, 2004 10:08 am US/Central
CHICAGO (CBS) The Dave Matthews Band says it's cooperating with authorities in Chicago to determine what happened when a tour boat with more than 100 passengers was doused with raw sewage.
A lawsuit by Illinois' attorney general contends the band is responsible for dumping up to 800 gallons of raw human waste from a tour bus while crossing a grated bridge over the Chicago River earlier this month.
The lawsuit seeks $70,000 in civil penalties.
The band issued a statement on its website that says members have offered to provide DNA evidence to help authorities determine the source of the sewage.
In its statement, the band also says that -- if its bus is found to be responsible for the incident -- the band will "work quickly to make amends, with the people on the boat and with Chicago."
"We care deeply about what happened to the people on the boat that day, which was terrible, and the damage that occurred to Chicago's environment," the letter states. "We are not attempting to avoid any responsibility we may have for the incident."
Attorney General Lisa Madigan's lawsuit against the band and driver, Stefan Wohl, accuses them of violating state water pollution and public nuisance laws.
According to the lawsuit, on Aug. 8 a bus leased by the Dave Matthews Band was driving toward a downtown hotel where band members were staying for a performance in Wisconsin. As the bus crossed the grated Kinzie Street bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the bus' septic tank into the river below, the lawsuit alleged.
At that moment, more than 100 people on the Chicago's Little Lady architecture tour passed underneath the bridge and were showered with the human waste.
No criminal charges have been filed.
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