Country music star Morgan Wallen was arrested and charged with three counts of reckless endangerment Sunday night after he allegedly threw a chair from a rooftop bar in downtown Nashville.
Metro Nashville Police responded to the incident Sunday night around 11 p.m. local time when two officers standing in front of the Chief’s Bar saw a chair falling from above and fell to the ground about three feet from where they were standing.
A police affidavit, obtained by USA Today, said bar staff told officers Wallen was in charge of throwing the chair.. When police reviewed video of the incident, it showed him “lunging and throwing an object from the ceiling.”
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He reportedly laughed after the incident, according to the affidavit.
Chief’s Bar is a six-story building. owned by country music singer Eric Church, according to NBC News.
Wallen was arrested and charged a short time later. He also faces a charge of disorderly conduct. His bail was set at $15,250 (about $20,700 Canadian) and he was released early Monday.
His attorney, Worrick Robinson, issued a statement saying his client is “cooperate fully with the authorities.”
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According to the Davidson County Criminal Court website, Wallen’s next court date is May 3. He is already expected to be in Nashville on that date, playing Nissan Stadium as part of his current tour.
This is not Wallen’s first run-in with the law in Nashville. In 2020, he was arrested at the Kid Rock bar after an incident and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Later that year, he was also dropped as the musical guest of Saturday night live after he was seen in TikTok videos partying without a mask and kissing women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And in February 2021, he was temporarily suspended from his record label and shunned by the country music community after he was caught on video apparently drunk and yelling profanities, including the N-word, at his friends.
“I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” he said in a statement at the time. “There are no excuses for using this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
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