There is a hearing set for his civil case on Oct. 18. Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009 following the departure of John Frusciante, and left in 2019 upon Frusciante’s return.

Recording artist Josh Klinghoffer of Red Hot Chili Peppers performs onstage at What Stage during Day 3 of the 2017 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival on June 10, 2017 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009, replacing his friend, guitarist John Frusciante, but was fired by the band in 2019 when Frusciante returned.

Josh Klinghoffer has accepted a no-jail plea deal for a vehicular manslaughter charge. The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, 45, appeared in court this week in Alhambra, California where he ...

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer will not serve jail time after pleading no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a case involving the death of a pedestrian.

Last year former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer pled not guilty to a vehicular manslaughter charge that stemmed from him fatally striking a pedestration with his SUV. In a plea ...

WASHINGTON — Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, a former Red Hot Chili Peppers member who has also played with Pearl Jam, pleaded not guilty through his attorney Thursday to a misdemeanor manslaughter ...

Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009 following the departure of John Frusciante, and left in 2019 upon Frusciante’s return. He recorded two studio albums with the Chili Peppers ...

August Brown May 29, 2025 Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performs on stage at the Verizon Center on April 12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Brent N. Clarke / Invision / AP) ...

LOS ANGELES — Josh Klinghoffer, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, accepted a plea deal after facing a vehicular manslaughter charge. Klinghoffer, 45, was charged in the death of ...

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who most recently toured with Pearl Jam, has accepted a plea deal in connection with a car accident that killed a pedestrian last year.