Nashville, TN (WOKI) Update 12/12: Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday pleading guilty in his now infamous chair-throwing case.
Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, reduced Wednesday from felony reckless endangerment.
A Nashville judge approved a plea deal wherein the award-winning singer will serve seven days of jail time at a DUI rehab center.
The 31 year-old was arrested after he was seen throwing a chair from the top of Eric Church’s bar Chief’s during their opening weekend on April 7th.
The chair reportedly landed just a few feet away from two officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department, who were on foot patrol that night along Broadway.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV / WVLT) Update 12/10: Country singer Morgan Wallen did not appear in court on Tuesday but his lawyer went before a Nashville judge regarding his charges from April 2024, when he threw a lounge chair off the top of a Broadway bar.
Wallen, 31, was arrested for throwing a chair from the top of Chief’s, Eric Church’s bar on the night of April 7, 2024.
According to an arrest report, two Metro Nashville Police Department officers said the chair landed three feet from where they were patrolling on Broadway.
Wallen was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct as a result.Wallen’s lawyer attempts to explain what’s next for the singer’s court case in Nashville.
Wallen’s lawyer appeared briefly and filed the paperwork on Tuesday with the Davidson County judge. Now Wallen’s case will head to the Circuit Criminal Court.
A new court date has yet to be finalized.
Original: (WOKI) Knoxville native and Country music superstar attorney’s will appear in a Nashville court today on behalf of Morgan Wallen.
Wallen faces four charges stemming from an April incident where he was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from a rooftop bar on Broadway.
The chair was thrown six stories from Chief’s, Eric Church’s bar.
Two Metro Nashville Police Department officers say the chair landed three feet from them.
Wallen was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.
