Morgan Wallen Initially Denied Throwing Chair Off Nashville Bar Rooftop, New Police Footage Shows

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Video of the state star's 2024 apprehension was obtained by The Associated Press.

Country euphony creator Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a seat disconnected the extortion of Nashville barroom Chief’s successful 2024, according to constabulary video footage obtained by The Associated Press.

The Metro Nashville Police Department released the footage from Wallen’s April 2024 arrest, aft the AP filed a nationalist records request. The video was taken done constabulary car cameras and officers’ assemblage cameras.

As shown successful the assemblage camera footage, officers are lasting adjacent to Wallen extracurricular of the Chief’s barroom connected Broadway. An serviceman asks him what happened, and Wallen replies, “I don’t know.” The instrumentalist besides tells an officer, “We’ve not tried to origin nary problems, man. I don’t cognize what they are, I don’t cognize why.” The serviceman tells Wallen that the constabulary were attempting to recognize what happened aft a seat fell from the bar’s rooftop and landed by the policeman’s patrol car. Wallen answers, “As you should.”

According to the video, officers “spoke to witnesses who identified Wallen arsenic the 1 who threw the chair, and reviewed information cam footage.” Later footage shows the instrumentalist successful the backseat of a patrol cruiser, and saying, “I ain’t done thing wrong.” The footage besides shows officers handcuffing him.

Billboard has reached retired to reps for Wallen for comment.

Wallen was arrested connected April 8, 2024, and concisely jailed aft helium threw a seat from the sixth-floor rooftop of the barroom Chief’s connected Lower Broadway successful downtown Nashville. The seat reportedly landed a fewer feet distant from wherever 2 Metro Nashville constabulary officers were standing. The state prima was charged with 3 counts of reckless endangerment and 1 misdemeanor number of disorderly conduct. In December 2024, Wallen pled blameworthy to 2 misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment successful Nashville tribunal and was sentenced to 2 years’ probation and 7 days successful a DUI acquisition center.

Nearly 2 weeks aft Wallen’s arrest, helium addressed the incident, penning connected societal media, “I didn’t consciousness close publically checking successful until I made amends with immoderate folks. I’ve touched basal with Nashville instrumentality enforcement, my family, and the bully radical astatine Chief’s. I’m not arrogant of my behavior, and I judge responsibility…. I person the utmost respect for the officers moving each time to support america each safe. Regarding my tour, determination volition beryllium nary change. -MW”

Since that time, Wallen has seen his astir caller album, I’m the Problem, walk a twelve nonconsecutive weeks atop the all-genre Billboard 200, and has regaled fans with his stadium-headlining I’m the Problem Tour this year.

Watch the video obtained by The Associated Press below: