Ozzy Osbourne Gets Sheriff Apology for Using His Name

Ozzy Osbourne is upset with Sheriff Paul Laney of Fargo, North Dakota for using Ozzy’s name to invite 500 people to a fake Ozzy party at a night club just before Ozzy went on stage there on October 29. Around 30 people showed up to the police sting and were arrested. Ozzy believes the operation has damaged his reputation and has complained about the police action in this statement:

"Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologising to me for using my name in connection with these arrests. It is insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job."

The sheriff did apologize to Ozzy explaining:

"We meant no disrespect toward Mr Osbourne or his show. What we did was a very creative law enforcement technique to lure individuals who had active criminal warrants to come to us." He added they had to use such techniques to keep up with the criminals: "They get very creative in how they abscond from the law. We just got real creative in how we reeled them in."

It’s illegal to use Ozzy’s name without his permission. Ozzy should sue the Sheriff to make sure he understands it’s not okay to break the law in order to enforce the law.