Nashville, Tennessee. Music star country Morgan Wallen denied the police that he He threw a chair from a roof in a bar in Nashville. Before and after he was arrested and accused of a reckless threat in 2024, a police video received by the Associated Press.
About two weeks after April 2024, arrest, Wilen commented on social networks: “I am not proud of my behavior, and I am taking responsibility” and said that he “corrected” Nashville and others. Then in December he found himself guilty of two points.
The Nashville Police Department of the Nashville Metro published the shots of the arrest of Wallenn, captured by the cells of the body and cruiser of several officers, in response to a request from public records from AP. The previously released affide arrest did not fall into details of what Walllen said to the officers.
The police car shows two officers who stood on the street, reacting to something, obviously, falling from above at the end of Sunday in the evening. And the video with the camera of the body of one officer begins with a shot of a broken chair on the road near his parked police cruiser, not far from the leader in Broadway, in the city entertainment area.
Then, when Wallen and his bodyguard team descend to the main entrance to Broadway, one of the men with Walllen shouts: “He did not see anything. You have no witnesses, you blame! ”
“He did not throw anything, he did not throw anything,” the bodyguard continues, and accuses two bar workers of “aggressive”.
When the officer asks Wallen to what happened, the musician replies: “I do not know.”
He later says to another officer: “We did not try not to cause problems, dude. I don’t know what they are – I don’t know why. ”
This officer said that the police found out what happened after the chair had come off the roof and landed on his patrol car. Wallen answered: “Like you must.”
At some point, Wallen on his mobile phone, then points to him to the officer and says: “Eric Church by phone.” Church, another star of the village, Co-wandering leader. During the call, Wallen used a curse to describe the officers who, according to him, “tried to take me to prison outside your (curse) bar.”
The heck, which cannot be heard on a police record, recommended that the officer was waiting for Walllen in private space instead of standing on a public sidewalk, a representative of the church said.
The officer replies: “This is not what we can do. Law enforcement agencies must ensure compliance with laws. Find out what happened. We have a leader at the scene. He must treat him as and with someone else. ”
Representatives of Wallin did not respond to comments.
Returning to the bus, the police were in the office, watching the safety frame from the roof, shows footage from the camera. The security video was not clear from the cameras of the officers, and the police representative said that there were no personnel from the panel in the panel.
The officers are returning to the street, and the sergeant, who says that he watched a video about safety when Wallen threw off his chair from the roof, puts it handcuffs.
Another officer is talking with two witnesses. One of them, referring to a chair, says that she saw how Walllen “lift it and abandon” and laughs.
Within an hour and a half of the test, Wallen makes apologetic comments to officers, not recognizing anything, including: “I really did not mean any harm”, “Sorry for the problems, I did not mean” and “Damn it, I apologize, man.”
“He did not admit it, but we forced him to do this,” says one sergeant after Walen was nanded, also noting that the police had witnesses.
Some fans drew attention when Wallen stood surrounded by the police in a busy tourist center of Nashville. One shouts: “We love you, Morgan!” As soon as Wallen is in the back of the police car, he says to the officer: “Take us out of here,” noting that people are shooting him on the video.
Grammy's two-time nominee, who was born and raised in Snidlla, Tennessee, is one of the largest names in modern popular music, loved by his hooks for the earworm and a distinctive combination of the country of his brother, dirty rock and some signs of hip-hop. 2023 “One thing at a time” exploded Gart Brooks' Record for the longest launch of country album No. 1, and this year “I'm a problem” I spent 12 weeks at number 1.
Wallenn's career was marked by several other contradictions, including the arrest of 2020 about public intoxication and hooliganism after he was expelled from Kid Rock's Bar in the center of Nashville. In 2021, after the video about its appearance Using racial wiping, He was disqualified or limited from several rewards and did not receive Grammy's nominations for his huge popularity “Dangerous: Double Album.”
Wallen was talkative in the cruiser, shown personnel, saying: “I did nothing wrong” and insisted on an officer for his favorite country -musicians.
“I can tell you my best three right now,” the officer replies. “You are honest, one of them.” One of Wallenin's songs With Thomas Rett He comes out of the officer’s playlist.
“This is me and Thomas Rett! Turn it. This is me and tr! This is me right here, ”says Wallen, before singing a few words from the song.
“TR is one of the best guys in the world. He will definitely not be arrested, ”adds Wallen.
Wallen found himself guilty of December 2024 for two accusations of a reckless threat. He was sentenced to spending seven days in the DUI educational center and was under the control of the trial period for two years.
When the judge asked how he was begging, he said: “It is digestively guilty.” His lawyer said that the charges will have the right to dismiss and exclusion after he completes the trial period.
Own Nashville Honka Tonk, not far from the leader, opened less than two months after his arrest.
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The writer Associated Press Music Maria Sherman contributed to this story from New York.
