"I'm innocent," says woman charged in Bam Margera bat attack
"I'm innocent, and he's a 'Jackass' just like his movies," said Elizabeth Ray of the aggravated assault charge she is facing after allegedly hitting "Jackass" star Bam Margera in the head with a baseball bat early Saturday morning.
"I'm innocent," says woman charged in Bam Margera bat attack
Dan Gross
"I'm innocent, and he's a 'Jackass' just like his movies," said Elizabeth Ray of the aggravated assault charge she is facing after allegedly hitting "Jackass" star Bam Margera in the head with a baseball bat early Saturday morning.
"He uses racial slurs, uses the N-word with black in front of it," Ray, 59, who is black, said of Margera, 30, who is white. "He called me the N-word," Ray said, when asked if she had any altercation with Margera on Saturday. She was arrested on S. Matlack Street in West Chester, the block on which she lives, after witnesses at the scene said that she had struck Margera in the head with a bat, according to West Chester Police.
Ray denied striking Margera with a bat or anything else around 2 a.m. Saturday next door to The Note (142 E. Market) a bar Margera co-owns. "I did not hit him, nobody hit him," Ray said of Margera, a pro skateboarder and star of MTV's "Viva La Bam." When we asked Ray if she knew how Margera was injured, she said he wasn't injured.
When we told her Margera spent the night in the hospital with a head injury, she said she had no idea how he'd been hurt. When we asked Ray why she and Margera were arguing, she said she didn't have anything more to say since she was facing charges and said she was working on getting a lawyer. Chester County court records show that Ray was convicted of a 1978 robbery and acquited on a 1992 aggravated assault charge.
Margera's mother April told us Sunday morning that her son had a concussion and a "big lump on his head," but was cleared to fly by doctors and would be flying off Sunday for the set of "Jackass 3-D," an upcoming film. April, who was not present for the incident, said "She hit him over the head with a baseball bat and she hit him while he was walking to his car. There was no fight. She's just crazy and gives him a hard time all the time," April said Sunday morning, adding how thankful she was that her son wasn't injured more seriously.
Calls and e-mails to Margera's publicist were not returned over the weekend.
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Ah, how is she innocent? She clobbered a man standing on the corner with a baseball bat. How exactly is this an innocent act of violence? People have a right to say anything they want. People do not have a right to take the law in their own hands. This is why the court system is over crowded. When I have a stressed day, I do not act our on other people. I take a deep breath like a normal, sane person and have a bottle of water. Animals do not understand how to control themselves and should be locked up.— PhillyIam- Comment removed.
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- all hail Ms. Lou. Keep the peace for all GROSSians. Dan enjoyed his biggest feedback total since Alycia and Larry! KING~out— thee~KING
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- I'm not a fan of Bam at all, but as a neighbor of Ms Liz (aka Elizabeth Ray) for the past year as well as working right near her for longer, I've grown to dislike her a lot more than Bam. Ms Liz puts her nose in everyone's business in the neighborhood. She's the rumor mill of the area and has all the dirt on anyone she can. I know she's taking care of her mother, but she's an awful person otherwise. On top of that, Bam pays her about $100 a month and renovated her entire kitchen with a soundproof wall, look at the gratitude she gives. As a neighbor of The Note, I can guarantee you that their crowd is much quieter and orderly than the other neighboring bars, aka The Star Social Club (which Ms Liz used to run before being ran out). I can GUARANTEE you they've had more than 5 times the amount of police complaints than the Note since it has opened. Regardless of what Bam said, you don't bash someone in the head with a bat (yes, it was a bat, not a pipe). That's assault, and should be attempted murder. I hope they lock her up, but then West Chester is gonna have to pick up the tab on her old mother, so I doubt it.— StewBrad36
- Elizabeth Ray should be in jail or in a nut house not on the street she's a sick dangerous women.When you swing a bat at someones head it's nothing but attempted murder.— rfv
- WOW......it's time to revisir the rules of laGROSSanostra. Among them, we don't bash one another. Where's Rosie when you need someone to take charge? DANNO: a record # of posts, CONGRATS!! KING~out— thee~KING
- Eh? Is this really a story? She is what she is and will continue to be just that. As for Bam ugh! when is his 15 minutes up? No wonder the rest of the world hates us. Look what the press thinks is important.— phillysam
- "A WHITE MAN'S NIGHTMARE." So you prob have 5 illegitimate children that may tax dollars have to take care of?— beeron
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- he had it comin,some one hit im again!!— death456
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- he had it comin,some one hit im again!!— death456
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- Baseball bat? Was she wearing a white shirt and tie? All she wanted to do was get home to her family....DE-FENSE!— tralala
Just throw a snake at Bam and watch him cry like a baby.— LEEinc- Blackguy,Blacks shaped this country and look at the shape it is in.Rooster— Edu
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- Ctrabs74, suck it; it is called Sarcasm you Tool! So the only time I would cheer, is if you got hurt!— CrashTestCorzine
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- @420- too funny! And put that down!!— ed_m
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- She sure em crazy!— bufka
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- @tomm1030: I tried living on the 300 block of S. Matlack St for 6 years. I almost agree with you your comparison. The problem I saw was no one in West Chester ever cares what happens on Matlack. I saw shootings, drug dealings, beatings, crack heads you name it. No one but police will do anything. But it is still stupid to go after someone with a baseball bat regardless what was said. South Matlack is 95% knuckleheads and the odds are she is a knucklehead.— epm522
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- WGAS— tdoc
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If the supposed "offender"were white would that even be up for discussion?— ackridgek- Miss lou you sound like a real "hanky head", figure that one out.— ackridgek
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- Is it ok for a black person to call himself the n-word?— kana
- I see the Daily"lying"News can't help but let "don't know sh*t racist " commenters hi-jack the comment board day in and day out. White don't mean right...is white even an ethnicity?— ackridgek
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- Bam should wear a bracelet that reads, "WWJKD", what would Johnny Knoxville do.— jmack11
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- I guess West Chester is another place I don't want to move to.— WhereAreThe10000Men
- agrodave, you ARE a cracker.— Bartleby
- Bam Margera making headlines? What a sad society. What's next, Steve-O overdosing on snorted ants?— freddymac11
- She should have called the cops on her free cell phone.— smacky
- Tuffcustomer for that comment of the lady being an ape, you must be a white poor trailer trash. If he called her the n-word he deserves it. Now since you think she is an ape go up to a black man in call him an ape in see what happen.— BeautyPin
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- "PROFESSIONAL skateboarder", "reality show star".......makes me feel sorry for all of us that work hard, went to school & try to reach some sort of success the old fashioned way. Any bat left for Novack? KING~out— thee~KING
- Time to grow up, Bam.— MrBryan
- agrodave, apparently she didn't act like anything until he called her out of her name. I'm sure he thinks he's a star in a little town and can talk anyway he wants to people. If he said it to me, I'd give him a beatdown too. I give her credit at 59. He's a punk.— Gee Money
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- West Chester is better off with the bars on Market Street than they are with the houses on South Matklack Street.— tomm1030
zzzzzzz- @ franknbeans- Yeah, sounds like she made more contact than the Phils have in a long time!— rich d
- He deserves it; he stole her skateboard.— Delaware Jim
- Another stirling example of the double standard. He obviously was telling the truth.— crystalrainbowspirit1
- She should've swung harder. I can't stand that character.— RandomX856
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- She accuses him of racial slurs, only after she was arrested, even though she said she didn't know what happened, and only after she gets a lawyer? So he dropped the N-bomb to her, someone hits him with a bat, and she doesn't know what happened? And people are gonna believe that? OMG.— beegal99
Margera is a complete and total cockroach!— Nihilist- Comment removed.
- WGAS, WGAF— ChristPuncher
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- How Bam got any fame is beyond me. The guy is a no talent!— slade1955
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- even if he did use the n word, doesnt give her the right to grab a louisville slugger and take it to the back of his head...— phillyeaglesphan
franknbeans... classic- Argodave.... or "white b****" which I hear way too much. I'm white? Wow! Thanks for telling me.— Loves To Comment
- What issue/issues has Ms. Ray had with Bam. Then we could all figure it out. She probably shorted him on a count and he didn't pay.— King Of Philly
- This is why I read these message boards...the banter is often better and more amusing then the actual incident...long live the fourth estate:-)— pmorse
- They should award her a key to the city for outstanding public service. If only she had really connected...— N.Matthew
- CrashTestCorzine: You're an idiot. I'll bet you probably cheer when a cop gets hurt, don't you?— ctrabs74
- Anyone who makes a statement to the press without retaining a lawyer is an idiot.— 420-24-7
- the phils should sign her— franknbeans
- Where is a flash mob when you need one?— WantToKnow
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- i believe her. Margera has been known to use racist words in the past. Of course, he's not that bright in the first place and should have realized there's reprecussions for his actions.— TRDSupra
- typical- falsely accuse a white guy of a dropping an n-bomb to shift the blame away from yourself— deez.nutzz
- yeah, what duke said— lukebonbon
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- Come on Elizabeth just invoked the “No Snitch Rule”, not only did she dish out some street justice, but she also earned some much valuable street cred. Well done Elizabeth! Now you get a reality show!— CrashTestCorzine
- Come on Elizabeth just invoked the “No Snitch Rule”, not only did she dish out some street justice, but she also earned some much valuable street cred. Well done Elizabeth! Now you get a reality show!— CrashTestCorzine
- He says; she says; no one cares.— tonyS
- sounds like a publicity stunt.— scars73
