Famous country music star Morgan Wallen arrested last weekend after bar incident
Country music star Morgan Wallen, 30, was arrested last weekend after throwing a chair off the rooftop of a Nashville bar.
Wallen is facing three felony counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after throwing a chair from the rooftop of Chief’s Bar and right in front of two MNPD officers. His court date is scheduled for May 3 – which is the same day as one of his concerts in Nashville at Nissan Stadium.
He was released on a $15,250 bond a few hours after his arrest. His legal representation states that he has been cooperating with officers.
According to Tennessee’s sentencing guidelines, Wallen could face up to six years in prison and a fine up to $3,000 for throwing the chair off the roof.
Rumors have sparked about what led to the singer’s public incident. It was said his ex-fiancé, KT Smith, who recently announced marriage to Luke Scornavacco, was the reason behind Wallen throwing the chair off the Nashville Bar.
Their relationship began in 2016, and they got engaged months later with their relationship ending in 2019. Smith and Wallen broke up shortly before welcoming their son, Indigo, who they now co-parent. Smith denied these rumors about the correlation between her marriage announcement and his arrest.
“Although it may seem like it correlates because of the timeline, I have no evidence to believe the incident had anything to do with the recent marriage announcement,” she said to the Daily Beast.
It is currently still unspecified why Wallen threw the chair, however, he was said to appear intoxicated by people at the scene. Wallen was previously arrested in 2020 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges.
There was also previous speculation that Wallen canceled one of his concerts in 2023 because he was “too drunk” to perform one of his concerts, but his label denied this rumor was true.
This arrest happened as Wallen announced his 6-story bar coming to Broadway Street this past February. He also recently kicked off the beginning of his “One Night at A Time” Tour 2024.
Wallen’s music is well recognized in the country music community and his arrest has been publicized on major news outlets and social media. It is unknown the future of Wallen’s career in country music, but one Elmhurst University student believes this will not affect his career.
EU Junior, Emma Siegfried, said she is not a very avid listener of Wallen’s music, but she has heard a lot about him and his music career.
“I am not a listener of Morgan Wallen, but I don’t believe that his career will be affected very much because of his arrest,” Siegfried said. “His fanbase seems like they won’t really care, and business will go on as usual.”
Siegfried also mentioned her brother, Mason, is a listener of Wallen’s music and wanted to see what he would have to say. Mason agreed with his sister’s comments that his career will not be affected.
“It might delay his albums and his concerts,” he said. “But honestly nobody cares that he got arrested. It is becoming a bigger deal than it is.”
Personally, I think that Wallen’s career will remain the same as well. Any musical artist that I have seen be arrested, such as Justin Bieber or Wiz Khalifa, have experienced some backlash, but loyal fans have kept on listening regardless.
Wallen has 11 chart-toppers on country radio. He just wrapped up his 2022/2023 tour that appeared in five countries and three different continents. His song “Last Night” has gone 6x platinum and has been streamed 1.5 billion times on Apple Music and Spotify.
