Country music star Morgan Wallen pleaded responsible Thursday to 2 misdemeanor counts Thursday in a Nashville courtroom because of an April incident by which he threw a chair off the sixth-floor balcony of Eric Church’s bar, Chief’s.
Wallen, 31, was sentenced to at least one week at a DUI training middle. He additionally acquired two years of probation, one yr for every cost of reckless endangerment. The performer should additionally pay a $350 effective and courtroom charges.
“Mr. Wallen has cooperated totally with authorities all through these final eight months, instantly speaking and apologizing to all concerned. Mr. Wallen stays dedicated to creating a optimistic affect by his music and basis,” Wallen’s legal professional Worrick Robinson IV mentioned in a press release to PEOPLE.
Wallen issued a press release after the incident by which he mentioned he accepted “duty” and was “not proud” of his habits. The assertion didn’t embrace an apology however did point out making “amends” and touching base with regulation enforcement.
The two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment have been pled down from the unique expenses of three Class E felonies for reckless endangerment with a lethal weapon (the chair) and one misdemeanor cost of disorderly conduct.
Police considered video which confirmed the nation music singer “lunging and throwing an object over the roof,” his arrest report mentioned. Witnesses instructed officers Wallen laughed afterward.
Staff members of Chief’s instructed these officers that Wallen was chargeable for throwing the chair.
