Another development has unfurled in the ongoing saga of Brady Ebert, the former lead guitarist of Turnstile, with a judge having declared him “a danger to himself and others”.
During a hearing at Montgomery County Circuit Court yesterday (September 22nd), the residing Judge Karla Smith deemed Ebert mentally incompetent and unfit to stand trial (per Maryland Judiciary).
As such, Ebert has been placed in remand with the Maryland Department of Health, and will remain there for at least the rest of 2026. A second competency evaluation is slated to take place in Janaury 2027.
This follows on from a court order earlier this month, in which Brady was forced to undergo a competency evaluation after his attorney Mark Sobel raised “significant concerns regarding competency”.
At the hearing on Tuesday, the Baltimore Banner reports that Ebert claimed he had fired Sobel. “I don’t know why he is here today,” he reportedly said to Judge Smith.
Furthermore, Ebert claimed that his case was an “extreme miscarriage of justice”, while further alleging that Maryland Police had illegally obtained a warrant for his arrest. Due to his erratic behaviour, Ebert was removed from the courtroom.
“Hopefully, he’ll get the proper treatment for his competency to be restored, so we can proceed to trial in this case,” Sobel was quoted at the courtroom.
News of Ebert’s arrest originally broke in April 2026, after it was reported that he had run over and significantly injured William Yates – a 79-year-old man who is the father of Ebert’s former bandmate, lead vocalist Brendan Yates.
At the time, Ebert claimed that his actions were “straight up self-defense”.
In May, Ebert was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury, with attempted first-degree murder added to the list of charges after originally facing a second-degree one. One count of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault are also part of Ebert’s charges.
The trial of Ebert was meant to begin next month; however, due to the recent developments regarding his competency and mental stability, a set date remains indeterminate.
Turnstile, for their part, have only publicly addressed the sitation twice. The first came with their set at this year’s Coachella, which opened with a video introduction from William Yates just weeks after the incident with Ebert took place.
The second came in the form of a statement shared to the band’s social media this past May, which said the band had “no language left” for Ebert after his “consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band, and the community”.
Next weekend (October 3rd) will see Turnstile make their debut as musical guests on Saturday Night Live, alongside host Dakota Johnson.
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