Morgan Wallen, a country music artist, entered a guilty plea on Thursday to two misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment after he threw a chair from a six-story Nashville bar’s rooftop and almost struck two police officers with it.
Wallen, who came in court with his lawyer, was given a two-year sentence of supervised probation and seven days in a DUI instruction facility.
When asked how he would enter a plea by Judge Cynthia Chappell, Wallen responded, “Conditionally guilty.”
Wallen was charged with hurling a chair off the top of Chief’s pub on April 7th, per the arrest affidavit. The officers studied security footage and spoke with witnesses after the chair landed a yard away. Officers were informed by witnesses that Wallen picked up a chair, threw it off the roof, and then laughed about it.
Wallen declared in a statement shortly after the incident that he was “not proud” of his actions and that he accepted “responsibility.” Making “amends” and communicating with law enforcement were mentioned in the message, but there was no apology.
The singer of “One Thing at a Time” was first accused of one misdemeanor count of disorderly behavior and three felony counts of reckless endangerment.
The musician “has cooperated extensively with authorities throughout these last eight months, directly communicating and apologizing to those concerned,” according to a statement from Wallen’s lawyer, Worrick Robinson.
“The charges will be eligible for dismissal and expungement upon the successful completion of his probation,” Robinson continued.
After the short 10-minute hearing ended on Thursday, Wallen remained silent. Instead, a number of security personnel swiftly led him away.
One of the most well-known figures in modern country music, Wallen won the entertainer of the year award at the Country Music Association Awards last month.
After a video of Wallen yelling a racial epithet surfaced in 2021, he was placed on indefinite leave from his label.After being ejected from Kid Rock’s bar in downtown Nashville in 2020, he was arrested on accusations of disorderly behavior and public intoxication.
