Posted on 04/19/2013 12:44:04 PM PDT by Leaning Right
I do like Spaten. But for those here who are inclined to boycott InBev, the maker of Budweiser: remember that InBev also owns Spaten! And Stella Artois!
Molson Gold or Guinness Stout.
There are no other beers.
[well, maybe Mickey’s]
;]
Run-ins with the law
Accident resulting in death of Michele Frederick (1983)
While attending the University of Arizona, a Corvette Busch was in crashed, killing 21-year old Michele Frederick.[17] According to Tucson police, Busch had left a bar early one morning with Frederick. There’s inconclusive evidence as to who was driving the car. The vehicle wrecked while making a sharp turn. Frederick flew through the sunroof and was killed. Busch walked or crawled from the scene of the accident without informing the police. Police found him at his Tucson townhouse over four miles (6 km) away by River and Campbell, eight hours later, with blood still on his body. Busch wasn’t charged with any wrongdoing. An investigation determined that witnesses saw Busch shortly before the accident. They reported that he wasn’t under the influence of alcohol. Busch’s estimated blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was .04 percent (significantly below the .10 percent limit to drive). There was no evidence of other drugs in his system.[18]
Car chase (1985)
Busch was arrested after leading police on a car chase with speeds reaching between 85 and 90 mph on Kingshighway Boulevard as he was returning from Sauget, Illinois strip bar PT’s Sports Cabaret.[19] He was accused of intentionally trying to run over two officers with his Mercedes. The officers were in an unmarked police car and the chase ended when they shot out his rear tire. They chased him after he nearly hit a parked car. Busch claimed he thought they were attempting to kidnap him.[1] He was acquitted by a St. Louis jury.[20]
Fatal drug overdose of Adrienne Nicole Martin (2010)
27-year-old Adrienne Nicole Martin was found dead at his 6,300-square-foot (590 m2) home with 16 rooms set on 4 1/2 wooded acres[12] in the 2800 Block of South Lindbergh Boulevard in Huntleigh, Missouri (38.6085650°N 90.4042660°W) after household employee Michael Jung[21] called 9-1-1 at 1:15 p.m. The call was reported to have been 42 minutes after a problem was discovered. Busch’s attorney Art Margulis denied that anything suspicious occurred and described the death as “tragic and untimely”. Busch was divorced in 2009 and was in the house at the time. The matter was investigated by Frontenac, Missouri police rather than Huntleigh although Frontenac police chief Thomas Becker maintained early on there was “no public safety concern regarding the case.”[22][23][24]
The incident which occurred on a Sunday was not reported in the media until the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported it four days later on a Thursday.[25] Martin, a former Hooters waitress, was a divorced mother of one and is reported to have been dating Busch for a year.[12]
The initial autopsy was inconclusive and didn’t reveal signs of trauma. Police reports said they were initially investigating the case as a drug overdose however Martin’s ex-husband Kevin J. Martin, a Cape Girardeau, Missouri physician said Martin suffered from Long QT syndrome that could cause an unexpected sudden death. The physician said he had been personally called by August saying “We also both think the world of August...He is a good man.” [26] The physician said that Martin had been improperly taking Trazodone.[13]
Busch in his first interview published on January 4 in the Post-Dispatch said that 911 had been called immediately and that he asked Jung to make the call because he was still with her and that “she felt kind of warm.” He said that he initially thought she was just sleeping when he woke up about 11 a.m. Busch said. He said that Adrienne had spurred him to give up his playboy ways. “You know, I’m this notorious bachelor who always wanted someone on the side, but I didn’t with Adrienne.”[13] They had shared their bed with five of Busch’s eight dogs—five Shih Tzus.[13] Adrienne’s obituary in the Springfield News-Leader described as Busch as “the love of her life.”[27] Adrienne was cremated at the request of her mother five days after the St. Louis County Medical examiner released her body to her. The county’s medical examiner said the cremation would not affect the investigation.[28] Her mother Christine Trampler said Busch had taken her on a helicopter ride the day before she died and had posted it that night on Facebook. She said that Adrienne told her that night, “There’s a situation that caused her not to sleep.” She did elaborate but said it had nothing to do with Busch.[29]
A toxicology report in February 2011 indicated she had cocaine and oxycodone and the death was in connection with the oxycodone (there was no prescription for the drug) and that the cocaine was at a lethal level. The report further said that a hole in Adrienne’s nasal septum indicated “several months to a year of cocaine use.”[30][31]
On March 31, 2011, Adriene’s ex-husband Kevin filed a wrongful death suit against Busch on behalf of her son Blake Alexander Martin (born 2003). The case is to be handled in Cape Girardeau.[32] In the wake of the suit Adrienne’s mother Christine Trampler said she was hiring New York attorney John Q. Kelly (who previously represented Beth Holloway and the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson) to pursue the case because she was concerned that a friendship between Adrienne’s ex-husband and Busch would taint the case.[30]
On April 6, 2011, Adrienne’s father George “Larry” Eby joined the suit saying he had been deprived of the “companionship, comfort, instruction, guidance, counsel and training of Adrienne Martin.”[33]
On April 20, 2011, it was revealed that Busch had agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with Martin. The court would decide how much could be allocated to Adrienne’s parents.[34]
Adolphus Busch IV is a totally different person than August A. Busch IV. Adolphus Busch IV is an investor and the chairman of a St. Louis-based wetlands conservation group.
Wish I drank that panther p*ss so I could quit.
Could it be that, despite its victory in Congress this week, the NRA has taken the extremism of its opposition to any attempt at reasonable gun control too far?
Sorry Frederick E. Allen, Forbes Staff, Leadership Editor of Forbes (whatever that means), your opinion also means squat. IMO, the NRA hasn't gone far enough.
What a slanted piece of swill masquerading as journalism.
Très drôle.
The Busch family no longer owns Anheuser-Busch - sold to the Belgians years ago (InBev)
BWeiser is not an American owned company anymore is it?
Agree, but didn't these clowns sell out-to some Euro conglomerate, INBEV, or something like that? Or was part of the deal that Adufus would remain on the board of Directors?
Budweiser is glorified water, so I won’t miss anything. I like to brew my own, anyway.
So.... Adios, Adolphus!!!!
Good riddance!
Leinenkugels for me brewed in Chippewa Falls, WI. Anheuser Busch is owned by InBev Belgium. Otherwise Sprecher Rootbeer Soda, Orange Dream Soda.
or...
"Consume feces and expire, matriphile!"
Ah, thank you. Having known about August IV (and having never even heard of Adolphus IV), I thought the Forbes writer was mixing up August’s middle and first names. Turns out I was the ignorant one.
Nazi Kool Aid ..... Wouldn’t wash my dogs ass with that colorado crap.
This is what I mean when I say vote with your dollars between elections. Coors etc can kiss ole spot on his wet brown nose before I spend a dime on any of their products.
My opinion .....stay safe buddy !
Rename Busch Stadium Sportsman’s Park.
I knew there was a reason I never liked Bud!
Isn’t Budweiser owned by some Belgian company?
What a moron. From a strictly business point of view, does this guy have the slightest clue what he just did to the company?
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