Morgan Wallen’s Nashville Bar Arrest Could Land Him ‘In Jail for up to 6 Years'
Morgan Wallen may face serious consequences as the result of his arrest in Nashville on Sunday after he allegedly threw a chair off a rooftop bar, according to legal experts.
Wallen, 30, was charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
While the "Wasted on You" singer was released from jail by 3:30 a.m. on a $15,250 bond, Rither Alabre, a former New York prosecutor and current partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigation Practice Group at Blank Rome LLP, told Fox News Digital that Wallen could see major legal penalties from his wild night out at Chief's Bar.
"The felony charges are the most serious ones and could land Wallen in jail for up to six years if he is prosecuted and convicted of those charges," Alabre said. "The reckless endangerment counts could have been charged as misdemeanors, which would have made them less serious and exposed Wallen to a maximum of up to 11 months and 29 days in jail.
"However, a reckless endangerment count can be charged as a class E felony if the alleged act was committed with a deadly weapon."
Alabre noted that authorities in this case are maintaining that the chair allegedly thrown by Wallen "landed close to police officers and other members of the public, was a deadly weapon, and that elevated the charge to an E felony charge."
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"Morgan Wallen’s Nashville Bar Arrest Could Land Him ‘In Jail for up to 6 Years,'" by Tracy Wright was published in Fox News Digital on April 9, 2024.