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at the bouncer's feet as a warning shot, though the stories of this differ from both sides. Later in the night, Counts was arrested, and his equipment was lost for several days whilst it was in possession of another club-goer the night of the incident. Counts had been DJing at the Lava club for four
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in both his eyes. A series of surgeries at a young age complicated this, leaving him blind in his right eye, and weakened in his left. Counts was initially located in
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of everyone who downloaded it through his blog, and attempted to sue him for upwards of $ 30 mil. However, upon deletion of the album, the case was dropped.
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magazine that Counts wrote articles for. The case was later dropped.
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