AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd’s problems with ‘working girls’ are the latest details to emerge in the 60-year-old’s court saga.

Mr Rudd is charged with attempting to procure murder, threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis, following a police raid on his Tauranga home on Thursday morning.

He appeared in a New Zealand court on Thursday morning accused of attempting to hire a hitman to kill two people.

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In an interview with The Age, the alleged hitman said Mr Rudd had problems with “working girls” whom he often refused to pay, and had hired bodyguards in recent weeks.

“The girls that he gets, working girls and that, their partners get pissed off, he tells them ‘Nah I’m not paying you’ and then the partners come and say they want their money,” said the man, whose name is suppressed.

Phil Rudd during his appearance in Tauranga District Court. Photo: ABC/Radio New Zealand

According to court documents, Rudd is accused of attempting to hire one person to kill two others between September 25 and September 26.

He is also accused of threatening to kill a complainant on September 26.

Details of the complaints and the names of the alleged intended targets and hitman were suppressed by Judge Louis Bidois.

Under New Zealand law, attempting “to procure any person to murder any other person” is punishable by up to 10 years in jail.

At the request of defence lawyer Tony Rickard-Simms, Rudd was remanded on bail until November 27 when he will reappear in court.

His bail conditions include that he lives at his Bureta home and not contact any of the complainants.

Australian-born Rudd has lived in New Zealand since the 1980s and owns restaurant Phil’s Place in Tauranga.

He joined the legendary hard rockers in 1975 and left in 1983, only to link up with them again in 1994.

Phil Rudd has been in trouble before, appearing in court for cannabis possession in 2010. Photo: Getty

The high-voltage band, one of the highest-grossing music acts of all time, has had numerous hits that are still staples on classic rock radio worldwide, including Back in Black, Highway to Hell, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n Roll).

In September the group revealed that founding member Malcolm Young had dementia and was being treated in a Sydney care facility.

News of Young’s illness and retirement sparked rumours that the band could fold, but Rudd was quoted earlier this year as saying it would continue.

“It’ll never happen. Angus (Young) will never retire and as long as Angus never retires, I won’t retire either,” he said.

Rudd released his first solo album in August, and the band has since announced a new album, Rock or Bust.

The band will release the album, which is the first in five years, early next month.

Phil Rudd was arrested at his home in Tauranga, New Zealand. Photo: ABC News