Morgan Wallen entered a guilty plea on Thursday, admitting to throwing a chair off the roof of a bar in downtown Nashville earlier this year. As a result of his plea, he will spend seven days in a DUI education center and two years on supervised probation.
On Thursday, the 31-year-old country singer accepted the plea deal including two misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment — after he was initially charged with three felonies for the chair-throwing incident outside Chiefs Bar on April 7, The Tennessean reported.
Wallen’s attorney Worrick Robinson IV said, in a statement to People after court, “Mr. Wallen has cooperated fully with authorities throughout these last eight months, directly communicating and apologizing to all involved. Mr. Wallen remains committed to making a positive impact through his music and foundation.”
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Wallen was initially charged with three counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct after he threw a chair off the 6th-floor roof of the Nashville bar.
Robinson issued a statement later confirming the incident. “At 10:53 p.m. Sunday evening, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct,” the statement read. “He is cooperating fully with authorities.”
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The “Whiskey Glasses” hitmaker later addressed the arrest himself and made it clear he was not “proud” of what happened outside Chiefs Bar.
“I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks,” Wallen wrote. “I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s. I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
“I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe,” he added. “Regarding my tour, there will be no change.”
Following the bar incident, the Nashville City Council voted down plans for the singer to have a 20-foot neon sign on the outside of his six-story bar advertising “Morgan Wallen’s This Bar,” the Tennessean noted.
The council members voted 30-3 against the proposed signage because of the country singer’s arrest and a video capturing Wallen using the N-word after a drunken night in January 2021. The singer later apologized and said he was both “embarrassed and sorry.”
“I don’t want to see a billboard up with the name of a person who’s throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs,” At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield said.
Metro Councilmember Jordan Huffman said Wallen’s actions and past comments should not be applauded, WZTV Fox 17 Nashville reported.
“He gives all of us a bad name,” Huffman said. “His comments are hateful, his actions are harmful and he [doesn’t] belong in this town as far as I’m concerned.”
“I’m tired of this city bending over to just make anybody happy that makes a comment that they want to,” he added. “We continue to go down this road.”
Related: Morgan Wallen Won’t Be Getting His Name On New Bar Due To His ‘Harmful Actions’
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Morgan Wallen entered a guilty plea on Thursday, admitting to throwing a chair off the roof of a bar in downtown Nashville earlier this year. As a result of his plea, he will spend seven days in a DUI education center and two years on supervised probation.
On Thursday, the 31-year-old country singer accepted the plea deal including two misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment — after he was initially charged with three felonies for the chair-throwing incident outside Chiefs Bar on April 7, The Tennessean reported.
Wallen’s attorney Worrick Robinson IV said, in a statement to People after court, “Mr. Wallen has cooperated fully with authorities throughout these last eight months, directly communicating and apologizing to all involved. Mr. Wallen remains committed to making a positive impact through his music and foundation.”
Morgan Wallen Pleads Guilty to 2 Misdemeanor Charges, Sentenced to Probation & a Week in Jailhttps://t.co/bQpePm1z1Y
— billboard (@billboard) December 12, 2024
Wallen was initially charged with three counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct after he threw a chair off the 6th-floor roof of the Nashville bar.
Robinson issued a statement later confirming the incident. “At 10:53 p.m. Sunday evening, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct,” the statement read. “He is cooperating fully with authorities.”
CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The “Whiskey Glasses” hitmaker later addressed the arrest himself and made it clear he was not “proud” of what happened outside Chiefs Bar.
“I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks,” Wallen wrote. “I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s. I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
“I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe,” he added. “Regarding my tour, there will be no change.”
Following the bar incident, the Nashville City Council voted down plans for the singer to have a 20-foot neon sign on the outside of his six-story bar advertising “Morgan Wallen’s This Bar,” the Tennessean noted.
The council members voted 30-3 against the proposed signage because of the country singer’s arrest and a video capturing Wallen using the N-word after a drunken night in January 2021. The singer later apologized and said he was both “embarrassed and sorry.”
“I don’t want to see a billboard up with the name of a person who’s throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs,” At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield said.
Metro Councilmember Jordan Huffman said Wallen’s actions and past comments should not be applauded, WZTV Fox 17 Nashville reported.
“He gives all of us a bad name,” Huffman said. “His comments are hateful, his actions are harmful and he [doesn’t] belong in this town as far as I’m concerned.”
“I’m tired of this city bending over to just make anybody happy that makes a comment that they want to,” he added. “We continue to go down this road.”
Related: Morgan Wallen Won’t Be Getting His Name On New Bar Due To His ‘Harmful Actions’
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