Country music Singer Morgan Wallen is free on bond after he was arrested on felony Charges for allegedly throwing a chair off a six-story building.
USA Today reported that Metro Nashville Police Department charged the 30-year-old Wallen three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct. The country singer allegedly threw a chair for āno legitimate purpose,ā police said. The incident happened late Sunday night.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by USA Today, āat 10:53 p.m. local time, two police officers were standing in front of Chiefās Bar in the cityās entertainment district on Lower Broadway when they saw a chair fall from above and hit the street about three feet from them.ā
Per the affidavit, bar employees told police Wallen threw the chair. Video footage allegedly confirmed this by showing Wallen ālunging and throwing an object off the roof.ā
Eric Church, a Country music singer in his own right, owns the bar.
Witnesses said they were standing next to Wallen when they saw him āpick up the chair, throw it over him, laughing afterward,ā the affidavit said.
The reckless endangerment Charges stem from two officers were in the area āand the incident posed a danger to public,ā per the outlet.
The affidavit said officers arrested him for disorderly conduct because āhe created a hazardous condition by an act that served no legitimate purpose.ā
A court official told USA Today Wallen posted a $15,250 bond.
No injuries were reported.
Wallenās lawyer, Worrick Robinson, confirmed knowledge of the arrest and wrote Wallen is ācooperating fully with authorities.ā
Wallen has been in trouble before when a video surfaced in 2021 of him shouting a racial slur after few says of drinking.
āObviously, the natural thing to do is to apologize further and just continue to apologize but because you got caught and thatās not what I wanted to do,ā the singer said. āI let so many people down. And who mean a lot to me and give so much to me. And thatās just not fair.ā