Hawthorne Heights fan left with £12,000 dentist bill

Rock fan Jennifer Lovell has been left with a £12,000 dentist bill following a stage-diving accident at a Hawthorne Heights gig in 2006.

During the band’s show at the Bristol Academy, guitarist Casey Calvert – who died in November 2007 from an accidental drugs overdose – staged dived and landed on Jennifer’s head, breaking her jaw.

Calvert was uninsured at the time.

According to The Metro, Jennifer was awarded £1,000 compensation from Calvert’s estate, but was told there was no more money to cover the rest of her dentist bill.

Tags: Hawthorne Heights

Posted by Dan at 10:48AM | October 28, 2009

Sucks to be her.

Posted by Claire | October 28, 2009 10:56 AM | Reply to this

suicide!!!

one way to get out of a dentists bill

Posted by will | October 28, 2009 11:19 AM | Reply to this

aahaha

but they probably do have the money. jeez, gutted to her though, shouldn't of been there in the first place as thier shit :')

Posted by Abi | October 28, 2009 11:34 AM | Reply to this

aahaha

but they probably do have the money. jeez, gutted to her though, shouldn't of been there in the first place as thier shit :')

Posted by Abi | October 28, 2009 11:35 AM | Reply to this

Utuh-oh, that's gotta' suck...

Posted by Amyy | October 28, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply to this

Utuh-oh, that's gotta' suck...

Posted by Amyy | October 28, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply to this

What!

For fuck sake !
If he wasnt insured he shouldnt have done it !
and leaving her with £11,000 to pay!
Id go mental !

Posted by wousten | October 28, 2009 1:04 PM | Reply to this

Ouch!

At first I thought she was American then I read that the incident happened in Britain, yes Britain, the country that is supposed to have an NHS!

I feel dead sorry for her and so should the band who could easily sell those flashy silver suits to pay for her medical bills!

Posted by Isa | October 28, 2009 1:22 PM | Reply to this

Ouch!

Yeah, but think. The NHS cannot afford to pay every little expense. People think the NHS should be used for everything - and this is one of the examples. You don't NEED a dentist, thus it's not NHS payed (unless you're under 16). She will have the jaw repaired, I'm guessing this girl probably just went through private seeing as you DONT have to pay otherwise.

Posted by A Goth | November 1, 2009 4:42 PM | Reply to this

well then i guess she should find out....

If he has kids, then brake their jaws.

ISA, dentists are C**TS unless you're on benifits, make you pay big time.

Posted by well.... | October 28, 2009 3:23 PM | Reply to this

ouch

I got hurt at a zico chain gig so maybe I should sue those losers

Posted by sarra | October 28, 2009 4:35 PM | Reply to this

ouch

I got hurt at a zico chain gig so maybe I should sue those losers

Posted by sarra | October 28, 2009 4:36 PM | Reply to this

ouch

I got hurt at a zico chain gig so maybe I should sue those losers

Posted by sarra | October 28, 2009 4:36 PM | Reply to this

im surprised to see this on kerrang website

seeing as it happened at one of their shows and they never replied to us trying to contact them. after the accident and recently after the court case closed.
firstly all of this has been published without my permission.
i hold no grudge against the band as they were unaware of the seriousness of my injuries due to casey passing away.
i have since been in contact with the band who are now trying to help me.

Posted by jennifer lovell | October 28, 2009 5:30 PM | Reply to this

im surprised to see this on kerrang website

I was at this show and everything; I didn't realise you got hurt so bad then... really sorry to hear about it. How are things progressing with the band? <3

Posted by Wil Allen | October 29, 2009 8:29 AM | Reply to this

boo

Aint know Jennifer for a long time.
but she's a very nice & lovely person...
What happened to her aint nice and shouldn't happen to anyone.
Big love jen!!

Posted by Daryl G | October 28, 2009 5:47 PM | Reply to this

in all fairness, its was an accedent and these things happen, also casey didnt commit suicide, he died in his sleep due to to perscribed drugs being mixed in his system, so get your facts right befor accusing him of all these things, you making it out like he wanted to break her jaw, and im ashamed of you K! posting this, the guys passed on, let him be, r.i.p casey calvert

Posted by calvin | October 28, 2009 7:23 PM | Reply to this

Shocked

To see that this has been posted up. Jenny has personally spoke to me about this numerous times and she has been in talks with the band recently about getting it sorted. Get your facts right before posting stuff like this out Kerrang!

Posted by Tom Gordon | October 28, 2009 8:26 PM | Reply to this

No reply from Kerrang

I am Jens Mum - I wrote to Kerrang when it happened as it was a Kerrang gig - they never replied - I also emailed them when the insurance couldnt pay up in 2007 then again a couple of months ago toask for help.
I was ver upset today to receive a call from a tearful Jen to tell me this was on the website - I wish you had contacted us first. The Band are now trying to help and Casey wanted to help - we were very sad when he tragically passed away and never wanted to claim from his estate but we felt we had no choice as Casey had admitted liability. I do hope HH do not think we had anything to do with this appearing.
Crowd surfing is dangerous though! People get hurt!

Posted by Kathy Hughes | October 28, 2009 8:40 PM | Reply to this

Obviously going private then? sorry to hear about this, i work in dentistry and know how costly treatment can be...surely the money is available, i know they're not the biggest band but must be able to cover the bill. Good luck anyway, im a fan of the band but i do think they should take care of this bill

Posted by Neil | October 28, 2009 11:13 PM | Reply to this

Private

Implants are not available on the NHS if it is classed as cosmetic which are local hospital classed Jens problems as. Although she cant bite - its really stupid

Posted by kathy Hughes | October 29, 2009 10:50 AM | Reply to this

Private

Implants are not available on the NHS if it is classed as cosmetic which are local hospital classed Jens problems as. Although she cant bite - its really stupid

Posted by kathy Hughes | October 29, 2009 10:51 AM | Reply to this

Okay this is very very unfortunate, but, what do you expect by standing right at the front of a crowd?
It's just pure bad luck, i've been jumped on plently of times by musicians in a crowd & i'm fine, just luck of the draw i guess

Posted by Paul | October 29, 2009 2:37 AM | Reply to this

Paul The Whore

"I've been jumped on plently of times by musicians"

You Man-Whore!!!!

Posted by Headmaster Bates | October 29, 2009 2:50 AM | Reply to this

If you had 'nothing to do with this' then why are there loads of interviews with you all over the internet? I think Hawthorne Heights should pay up. They have sold over a million albums they can afford $12!!!

Posted by The Ghost Of Casey | October 29, 2009 4:12 AM | Reply to this

"the ghost of casey"

I did an interview for a newspaper about the accident after the court case finished to try and get help. Since then the band have spoken to me and out actually trying to help sort this out. I then told the newspaper to not publish the story. Which they did. I wrongly presumed that it would stay in our local paper and would hear nothing more from it.. But then since have been getting phonecalls all day saying I'm on various websites and in various newspapers. None of these had permission to publish this.

Posted by Jennifer Lovell. | October 29, 2009 5:53 AM | Reply to this

to be fair to kerrang...

I can understand why you'd be upset, especially now progress is being made, but to be fair to kerrang, they don't need your permission to publish the story. It's a piece of news that is general information available to the public, they only need to contact you to verify quotes from you.

Posted by vicki | October 29, 2009 6:31 PM | Reply to this

to be fair to kerrang...

Posted by vicki | October 29, 2009 6:32 PM | Reply to this

RE: to be fair to kerrang...

I'm really sorry what happened to you. I can understand you're upset with this news going over the internet, but hopefully now Kerrang have got involved Hawthorne Heights will do the honourable thing and pay-up because of all the bad publicity they're getting. They've sold millions and millions of albums in American so they're clearly not short of a few quid.

xxx

Posted by Sally | October 30, 2009 4:11 PM | Reply to this

you do realise that hawthorne heights and most bands dont make there income through record sales anymore, but mainly through ticket sales, remembering that there record company takes a percentage of the money from record sales and quite alot of people illagaly download, so saying that theve sold so many records is just a pointless statement now, and also befor statring theve sold millions and millions of albums, you may look to see that only one album went gold, and that was there first album the silence in black and white, and as there a us based band thatb means they sold 500,000 records, which isnt particulay succesfull being they've realised 3 albums

Posted by calvin | October 30, 2009 7:15 PM | Reply to this

I'm upset because I have since been in contact with the band. Since casey died they genuinely didn't know my injuries were legit and therefore nothing happened.
Eron has contacted me abd the band and their management are now sorting out a way to help.
I know they have no money. Me and eron have discussed all of this and because of the law suit the band actually went bankrupt.
I never wanted this publicity. Casey was a nice guy. It was an accident and he promised to fix it. Unfortunately then with him passing away nothing came of this. But the band are doing all they can considering their current financal situation.

Posted by Jennifer Lovell. | November 1, 2009 8:24 PM | Reply to this