TRIPP EISEN

'Tod Rex Salvador' (born June 29, 1965, known as 'Tripp Eisen' and previously 'Tripp Rex Eisen', is a musician and former member of Murderdolls, Static-X, dope, Ego ,Ego 69, Fractured Mirror, Lovesick, The Right, Vamp,Trouble City,The Rezin Hits,AAAA Freak Ensemble,The Ramonies and Teeze/Roughhouse.
Eisen, unlike many popular musicians, holds and is vocal about his highly conservative libertarian views, which shocked and appalled some members of his more liberal Democrat fanbase, yet made great conversation with centerist and conservative fans. He is also known to be an avid fan of author Ayn Rand ''(Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem)'', and was the only member of Static-X to regularly post on the band's internet forums.

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Arrests

Release

Arrests

While a member of Static-X, Eisen was arrested on February 10, 2005 on a felony ''"crimes against children"'' charge in Orange County, California for having sexual intercourse with an underage girl. He was released on bail after only a few hours in custody. Just two weeks later, on February 24, 2005, Eisen was arrested again in California by New Jersey detectives for the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl from Sayreville, New Jersey. New Jersey State Police alleged that Eisen posed as his own impersonator on the Internet and lured the girl starting in October 2004 and culminating with consentual sex on January 7, 2005. [1] [2] Upon hearing of the arrests, Static-X fired Eisen and replaced him with Koichi Fukuda (whom Eisen had replaced after Fukuda left the band in 2001). When Wayne was asked about Tripp's firing he said, "''I knew immediately that we were going to kick him out of the band. We had to do that.''" It should be noted that he was credited as having provided additional guitars in the Start A War album.
On June 24, 2005, Eisen pleaded guilty to the February 10 California charges of having sex with a minor and was sentenced to a year in California prison. After spending late February to late September 2005 in California prison, Eisen was released and due for an October 7, 2005 arraignment in New Jersey on the February 24 charges. [3]Tripp's Mugshot

Release

According to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen was paroled from the Mid-State Correctional Facility and was released from custody on April 17, 2007 after serving time for allegedly meeting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in January 2005.
Eisen (mugshot), whose real name is Tod Rex Salvador, was arrested in Orange County, California in late February 2005. The then-39-year-old musician allegedly met the Sayreville, New Jersey girl on the Internet, drove from Pennsylvania on January 7, 2005 to meet her, and assaulted her in a shopping center in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The girl's mother found out about the incident and alerted police.
To see a recent New Jersey Department of Corrections photo of Tripp Eisen, click here. Eisen's "offender details" can be viewed by going to this location and entering the following information:
First name: Tod
Last name: Salvador
In a separate incident, Eisen was arrested on February 10, 2005 on one felony count of crimes against children. Authorities from the Orange County (California) Sheriff's Department found the musician sleeping in a parked car with an underage female with whom he'd just had sexual intercourse, according to Bergen, New Jersey's The Record. Eisen was taken into custody and released on $100,000 bail several hours later.
Steve Meister, Eisen's defense counsel for his California criminal case, told MTV.com back in 2005 that the guitarist accepted the terms of a plea bargain on June 24, 2005. "He acknowledged his responsibility," Meister said, and pleaded guilty to two felony counts of engaging in unlawful sex with a minor. He was sentenced to a term of one year, but because he'd been in custody since late February, "[Eisen] had substantial custody credits" and wound up "serving just a couple of months."
"The [California accuser's] credibility was very shaky," explained Meister. "She told people she was anywhere from 14 to 19. She told a cop one age, a detective another, [Eisen] another. She met him at an 18-and-older club, so she either had a fake ID or lied to the bouncers. We weakened the prosecution's case, but really, [Eisen] had a reasonable, good-faith belief that she was an adult."
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