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Country star Morgan Wallen arrested, accused of throwing chair from bar roof

Wallen’s arrest in Nashville is the latest incident for the country star, whose career was put in a brief timeout after he was recorded using a racial slur several years ago

Morgan Wallen. (John Locher/AP)
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Morgan Wallen was booked into jail early Monday morning for allegedly hurling a chair from the sixth-floor roof of a downtown Nashville bar and concert venue — the latest in a string of public incidents for the red-hot country music star.

Wallen faces three felony counts of reckless endangerment, as well as a disorderly conduct charge, according to Nashville police, who posted a grinning mug shot of the 30-year-old chart-topper on X. The chair crashed onto the Broadway strip, not far from two police officers.