Morgan Wallen could get years in prison for a chair launch incident, says the expert
The country artist was accused of three crime charges after being arrested in a nashville bar.
Morgan Wallen East Not stranger to controversy , and now he is back in the news for his behavior once again. In the early morning of April 8, the singer "Spin You Around" was In charge of three crime charges of reckless endangerment and an offense for disorderly driving after launching a chair on the roof of a six -story bar, according to the Nashville metropolitan police department.
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The artist nominated at the Grammy Awards was then released on an obligation of $ 15,250. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured by the flying furniture. However, a legal expert says that Wallen could still face serious consequences - including possible prison sentence - for the explosion.
Alabre , a former prosecutor of New York and current partner of the White Collar Defense & Investigation Practice Group at Blank Rome LLP, told Fox News Digital that Wallen could be In front of six In prison for crime charges alone. If these had been classified as crimes, the maximum prison would be "11 months and 29 days," he noted.
Alabre explained that the authorities increased the number of reckless Wallen terrains to a "class E crime", because the president "landed near the police and other public members" and was therefore classified as "a Mortal weapon ". According to arrest documents obtained by WKRN, The chair landed "About three feet of two officers" and other passers -by. Images of security of the incident Wallen "Lunging and throwing an object on the roof" of the chief of the chief in downtown Nashville, according to the report. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"For the accusations of class E class crime, Wallen faces at least a year or more than six years in prison," Alabre at Fox News Digital told. It is "unlikely that the accusations are completely rejected" given the video sequences and witness accounts, he added.
As for what will happen next, Alabre said that the Wallen legal team "will probably engage with the prosecutors and try to resolve this question with a plea for a lesser charge, either a crime or even a lower accusation where he would risk little or no prison. "
"Although they are serious allegations, because there is no report of injury to the public, Wallen's lawyer could ultimately be able to resolve this issue with a non-skaish provision such as probation, but it is too much Early to predict at this stage which can be a realistic provision, "he said.
It is not yet clear what led to the chair launch incident or if someone else was involved. However, several reports noted that the arrest came to the heels of the ex-girlfriend of Wallen Katie "KT" Smith's leak with the fiancée Luck Scornavacco . Smith is the mother of Wallen's 3 year old son, Indigo Wilder .
On April 4, Smith revealed on Instagram that she and Scornavacco had obtained their marriage certificate , which makes him official.
"KT's wedding with Luke last week I just crushed him "Said a source Daily mail from Wallen.
The leak occurred a week after Scornavacco proposed.
"Of course, [Wallen] knew they were engaged and who were finally going to get married - but run away just a few days after their fiancé?" the source added. "Morgan has never overcome herself even if he could not remain faithful to her. And now another man will raise his son."
Wallen and Smith were in a booming relationship from 2016 to 2019 and were even briefly committed. They welcomed indigo after their separation.
"Everything that happened in this bar must have been the reality striking it in the face to lose the love of his life," said the initiate Daily mail .
Better life contacted a Wallen representative to comment on his arrest.
