(DailyAnswer.org) – Country music singer Morgan Wallen has been arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, after he allegedly threw a chair off a rooftop bar on April 7.
Court documents showed that the star was charged with one count of disorderly conduct and three counts of reckless endangerment. The incident occurred a few days after Wallen started his 2024 tour with two shows in Indianapolis. The star’s attorney, Worrick Robinson, said his client was fully cooperating with the authorities. Wallen had early success on NBC’s The Voice and has recently released his album One Thing At A Time. According to records, he was arrested at around 00:30 A.M. and released three hours later after posting a bond of $15,250.
Two Metro Nashville Police Department officers said the chair landed only feet away from them when Wallen threw it from the roof of the six-story building of the Chief’s on Broadway, a newly opened bar owned by country singer Eric Church. Police watched security camera footage from the bar that captured the star throwing the chair off the roof.
Wallen previously caused controversy in 2021 for using racist slurs in an incident that he described as a “72-hour bender”. The video resulted in the star being suspended by his record label, Big Loud Records.
He was also arrested in May 2020 for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the entertainment district outside Kid Rock’s honky-tonk. Wallen apologized for the 2021 incident and entered rehab for what he called “deeper issues.” After a temporary ban, he returned to the Billboard Music Awards in 2022 and has collected several awards since despite the criticism.
According to court documents, the star will first appear in court in the morning on May 3. Wallen has a concert scheduled at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville in the evening that same day. Witnesses said they saw the singer laughing after tossing the chair off the roof, and he was seen smiling in a mugshot published relating to his arrest.
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