JAKARTA - The tragic fate must be faced by the former guitarist of Turnstile, Brady Ebert. After shocking the public with the news of his arrest last April, he must prepare to face the threat of a maximum life sentence after his indictment status was upgraded to first-degree attempted murder.
According to a report by The Baltimore Banner, the Montgomery County grand jury officially indicted Ebert on Thursday, April 30.
The new charges faced by the guitarist are much heavier than before, namely attempted murder in the second degree, with a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
In addition, he was also charged with first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault.
The legal case began with a dispute that occurred at the residence of William Yates, the father of Turnstile vocalist, Brendan Yates. Ebert was accused of deliberately crashing his car into William, causing very severe physical trauma.
Eyewitnesses said that before the incident, Ebert had driven his car in front of the victim's house, honked loudly, and hurled insults before finally returning and hitting William with his vehicle.
In response to the allegations, Ebert insisted that he was innocent. In his statement before the district court commissioner, he claimed that the action was taken because he was desperate.
"This is purely self-defense. They are the attackers. I was really attacked," Ebert said, as stated in the court record, quoted by NME, Sunday, May 3.
Ebert even believes that CCTV footage at the scene will clear his name and prove that the police narrative has been wrong all along. However, to date, he remains detained at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility without bail.
Turnstile itself has implicitly given moral support to William Yates. In their appearance at Coachella recently, the rock band played an emotional video message from William recorded before the incident.
The move was praised by fans as an elegant way to deal with the internal tragedy that befell their closest circle.
As for Brady Ebert's life after leaving Turnstile in 2022, it looks unstable. After briefly forming a new band called The S.E.T (The Self Evident Truth) in 2025, he was actually fired by his bandmates in February due to his controversial comments against Turnstile and behavior that was considered out of sync with their community.
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