Court date for Morgan Wallen postponed until December due to chair throwing incident

Morgan Wallen's court date has been postponed again. The country superstar was scheduled to appear in court in Nashville on Thursday, but his criminal case, which stems from a chair-throwing incident on a roof in April, has been rescheduled for December 12, according to court records.

The “Whiskey Glasses” singer was arrested in April on suspicion of throwing a chair off the roof of a six-story Nashville bar. He still faces three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disturbing the peace. The incident occurred at Chief's, which is co-owned by recording artist and “Man Made a Bar” collaborator Eric Church.

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Witnesses told officers they saw Wallen pick up a chair, throw it from the roof and laugh about it, according to an affidavit obtained by The Associated Press. The chair Wallen allegedly threw landed about 3 feet from two Metro Nashville Police officers, who spoke with the witnesses and viewed surveillance video of the incident.

In May, the 31-year-old singer waived his right to appear in court for a settlement hearing, but no settlement was announced and Wallen never appeared in court. His lawyer said he would appear at the next hearing, which would have been Thursday, Billboard reported.

“This is obvious [a] “A very complicated case that is not going to resolve itself without subpoenas and witnesses,” Wallen's attorney Worrick Robinson told the media after a preliminary hearing on May 3. “The state will subpoena witnesses, and we will handle the case from our side … several things can happen in the case. We could hold a hearing, we could settle the case or the case could continue. Those are the options.”

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Robinson and a spokesman for the singer did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment on Thursday.

Under the Tennessee State Penal Code, Wallen is charged with three Class E felonies, each of which carries a prison sentence of one to six years per count, probation and a fine.

The controversial superstar has not yet admitted to the allegations, but tweeted a few weeks after his arrest that he was “not proud” of his behavior.

“I didn't feel comfortable coming forward publicly until I had reconciled with some people. I have been in touch with Nashville law enforcement, my family and the good people at Chief's. I am not proud of my behavior and I take responsibility,” Wallen wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) on April 19. “I have the utmost respect for the officers who work every day to keep us all safe.”

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Days after his arrest, Wallen resumed his One Night at a Time stadium tour – based on his album “One Thing at a Time,” the most-consumed album in the U.S. last year – and said the incident would not affect upcoming concerts. He is traveling to Sweden later this month to begin the European leg of the tour, which had to overcome some obstacles over the summer due to illness.

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This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.