Chris Young was arrested on January 22nd at a bar in Midtown Nashville. He was charged with assaulting an officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.
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According to court documents obtained by WKRN, the 38-year-old singer was at a bar called Tin Roof with some people he knew. At approximately 8:30 in the evening, a couple of regulatory agents came into the bar for a compliance check. The report by the agents said that when they walked into the bar, a man, later found to be Chris, had his ID in his hand above his head.
Chris Young Reportedly Followed the Agents
WKRN reported that after they checked his identification, he allegedly started to follow the agents around. Young asked them some questions and then took videos of them on his cellphone. When the officers left the bar to perform a compliance check at the next one, Chris and the group of people he was with continued to follow them. The arrest affidavit stated that they followed the pair to Dawg House. When it was time for the agents to move on from that establishment, Chris supposedly made it clear that he didn’t want them to go. One of the agents said that while walking out the door, Chris put his hands out to stop him from leaving the bar. He then allegedly struck him on the shoulder.
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The report specified that his eyes were bloodshot and watery at the time and that his speech was slurred. The agent claimed that he pushed the country star away to create distance since he had no idea who he was or what he had. Allegedly, patrons of the bar then got up, put themselves between Chris and the agent, and started yelling.
Whiskey Riff reported that things then got even more physical. According to the court documents, it took two officers to finally physically detain him. He was booked into the Nashville Metro Jail later that night. On Tuesday 23rd, he was released and is scheduled to appear in court on the 16th of February.
Chris Has Been Promoting His Upcoming Album
The incident happened just days after Chris performed a few of his hits at another Nashville bar, the Bootleggers Inn. He uploaded a video of his show on TikTok.
He’s been promoting his latest album, which he said will be his largest one yet. It’s called Young Love & Saturday Nights and is scheduled for release in March 2024. In an Instagram post, Chris revealed that it’ll be his ninth studio album and will have 18 tracks on it.
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Chris has also been getting some media attention because of his dramatic weight loss. An article by People Magazine reported that he’d lost 60 pounds since 2022. He told the news outlet that he’d been cooking his own food a lot more and working out a little bit more. In the caption for a shirtless picture of himself that he posted on Instagram, Chris shared how much weight he’d already lost and added that he was still not done. The post got a lot of support from fans and other country singers in the comments section.
