Country star Morgan Wallen arrested, accused of throwing chair from bar roof

Officers reviewed video exhibiting Wallen “lunging and throwing an object over the roof” of Chief’s bar, a brand new honky tonk in Nashville’s leisure district, based on an arrest report obtained by WTVF. He was seen laughing after the incident, based on witnesses described within the report.

Wallen “is cooperating absolutely with authorities,” his legal professional Worrick Robinson mentioned in a short assertion.

Chief’s, which simply opened final week, is a enterprise from Wallen’s buddy and fellow nation famous person Eric Church. (It’s a couple of blocks from the place Wallen has plans to open his personal downtown Nashville bar later this yr.) Church and Wallen not too long ago went into enterprise collectively once they teamed as much as purchase the Discipline & Stream retail model and relaunch the print journal.

Wallen has exploded into mainstream reputation over the previous couple of years, with 2023’s “One Factor at a Time” and 2021’s “Harmful” topping Billboard charts and setting data. However his rise has been accompanied by a collection of public incidents.

He was arrested at a special Nashville bar for disorderly conduct in 2020. Wallen issued a public apology afterward, then launched a photograph of himself smiling subsequent to the bar’s proprietor, Child Rock.

Wallen apologized once more after social media movies confirmed him partying with no masks within the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, an incident that briefly disrupted his plans to carry out on “Saturday Night time Dwell.”

His profession in critical jeopardy for a time in early 2021, after TMZ revealed footage of Wallen calling a buddy the n-word exterior his residence. Wallen’s document label swiftly suspended him, he was banned from awards reveals, and tons of of radio stations dropped his music.

However the singer’s profession recovered after he issued an announcement to “sincerely apologize for utilizing the phrase” and promised to “do higher.” When The Washington Submit coated the launch of Wallen’s headlining tour a yr after the scandal, many followers had been wanting to forgive him, in the event that they thought he wanted forgiveness in any respect.

It wasn’t instantly clear what penalties Wallen may face after Monday’s arrest. He was launched after posting a $15,250 bond, based on WTVF. The station famous that his subsequent court docket look is ready for Might 3, the identical day he’s scheduled to play at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.

Emily Yahr contributed to this report.