Earlier in the week the internet gossip sites were a buzz with news that David Lee Roth almost died. So this is how the story goes: In May, two cops in Southern Ontario, Canada, pulled over a car for speeding and driving erratically. Well, it turns out the driver was none other than Van Halen’s David Lee Roth and he was suffering from a severe peanut allergy. One of the cops, Constable Chris Thompson told the Toronto Sun, “At the time, I wasn’t star struck. I was just trying to help him. The guy stuck out like a sore thumb. He was wearing a little silk scarf and flashy clothing … not something you see in Oakland too often.” The cops called for an ambulance, and the paramedics saved his life. All’s well that ends well. Except that the driver of the car wasn’t David Lee Roth.

Despite the fact that the two cops reported that the driver was indeed the flamboyant lead singer of Van Halen, contradictory stories are now coming out denying it. In fact, on the night of his near death, David Lee Roth was playing a make up concert at Madison Square Garden with Van Halen. And there’s plenty of youtube video to prove it.

In a statement to Sun Media made through his publicist, Elaine Schock of Shock Inc., David says, “I was in Canada only from July first through the fourth for a performance at the Quebec City Summer Festival. I had no encounters or incidents with the police. The only thing I’m allergic to is criticism.”

Whoever the imposter is, according to a Hamilton newspaper he had a good time, reportedly partying at the Liquid Lounge in Brantford with some nurses after the incident. Apparently he even got up and performed with the band, singing Roth’s’ song Ice Cream Man. When the club owner asked if the man was David Lee Roth, he said yes.

Now it is being reported that the two officers who helped the fake Dave didn’t even know who David Lee Roth was. Another constable, Larry Plummer says, “The guys didn’t put a report in till later in the week and someone else in the office spotted the name and went, ‘Hey!’.”

Kinda sad, isn’t it? Guess Diamond Dave doesn’t shine quite as bright as he thinks he does.