Country music star Morgan Wallen has been sentenced after throwing a chair from the roof of a Tennessee bar.
The “I Had Some Help” singer pleaded guilty to two counts of reckless endangerment and was sentenced on Thursday to two years of probation along with spending seven days at an education centre for driving under the influence.
The 31-year was arrested in April after throwing a car from the roof of the six storey Chief’s bar, which is owned by fellow Country star Eric Church, sending it plummeting to the crowded streets of Broadway – a major thoroughfare renowned for its honky tonks, bars and music venues in the heart of Nashville.
Mr Wallen is best known for his chart-topping song Last Night from his award-winning album One Thing at a time and for his early success on the NBC show The Voice.
The April incident took place as Chief’s celebrated its opening weekend in Nashville’s popular Broadway district.
Mr Wallen was booked into jail 8 April and later released.
He apologized for the incident on social media.
“I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’,” Mr Wallen wrote on social media. “I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
This is not Mr Wallen’s first brush with the law.
He was previously arrested in May 2020 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct outside Kid Rock’s honky-tonk in the entertainment district, The Tennessean reported.
In 2021, he made headlines after he was caught on video shouting a racial slur outside his Tennessee home.
That incident resulted in the loss of his recording contract, him being dropped from country radio stations and suspended form the Country Music Awards for three years.
Mr Wallen later apologized for his actions; “There’s no excuse. I’ve never made an excuse. I never will make an excuse,” he told Billboard in an interview.
Despite these controversies, Mr Wallen was named entertainer of the year at last month’s CMA awards.
