Surveillance video from The night of Chris Young's arrest at a Nashville bar appears to contradict a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent's claims that the country star assaulted the officer during the incident Monday night.
In a couple video surveillance Posted Tuesday on Facebook by Nashville's Newschannel 5 reporter Nick Beres, Young — wearing the leather jacket in the video — is seen approaching plainclothes TABC agents, non-aggressively touching one of the agents on the arm. The agent responded by shoving Young back hard, causing him to fall onto a bar stool at the Dawg House bar.
Young was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer following the incident. the video does not show Young's actual arrest and whether he resisted. However, the agent claimed in the arrest affidavit he secured Rolling rock that Young “blocked” the agents from leaving the Dawg House and “put his hands out to stop me from leaving the bar and taped me on the shoulder,” which the video shows was an exaggeration.
“[Young] he waits to ask the men why they took a picture of his ID and asks the agent to stop to talk,” Beres wrote. “The agent then pushes Young, knocking him to the floor. According to Young's lawyer, all his client wanted to do was confirm the identities of the men – who were not wearing conspicuous uniforms … and ask for his photo ID.”
After pushing the agent, Young is seen walking away from the confrontation with his hands up, while his partners and a handful of other patrons surround the agents.
Beres added, “[Young’s] My lawyer says what happened to his client at the Dawg House was wrong … that he should never have been arrested … and that ABC should drop the charges and apologize.”
The affidavit added that Young's eyes were bloodshot and moist and his speech was slurred. Young was booked into the Metro Jail and released Tuesday morning. Young's next court appearance on the charges is scheduled for Feb. 16.
Young, a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and a member of the Grand Ole Opry, is known for No. 1 hits such as “You,” “I'm Comin' Over” and various collaborations such as “Sober Saturday Night” with Vince Gill, tour-1211450/”>”Famous Friends” with Kane Brown and “At the End of a Bar” with Mitchell Tenpenny. His current single, “Young Love & Saturday Nights”, interpolates the guitar riff from David Bowie's 1974 rock hit “Rebel Rebel”. A new album will be released on March 22nd.
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