Country music artist Chris Young was arrested at a Nashville bar Monday evening after he allegedly assaulted a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agent.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Country music artist Chris Young was arrested at a Nashville bar Monday evening after he allegedly assaulted a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agent.
According to court documents, Young, 38, was at a bar on Demonbreun Street around 8:30 p.m. when TABC agents walked in to complete a compliance check. Young reportedly held his ID over his head and a TABC agent checked it with the agency's ID app.
The agent gave Young back his ID and returned to the other agents to continue checking the staff's ABC license cards, the documents say.
Young began questioning the agents, who reportedly answered his questions, and then started video recording them, according to an affidavit. The agents left that bar and walked down Demonbreun to another one, to serve more compliance checks.
Once TABC agents checked that staff's cards, they began to walk toward the door when Young "put his hands out to stop me from leaving the bar and struck me on the shoulder," according to the TABC agent.
The agent pushed the "I'm Comin' Over" singer "to create distance" and then bar customers got between the agent and Young and began "yelling and screaming," according to an affidavit. Another agent tried to talk to Young, who reportedly began walking backward and not complying with the agent's orders.
According to arrest documents, two agents had to detain Young physically and place him in handcuffs. As agents tried to leave the bar with Young, multiple people who were with Young reportedly started following them and "making the incident hostile."
Agents noted Young's eyes were bloodshot and watery, and he had slurred speech.
Young was booked into jail and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault of an officer. He was released early Tuesday morning.
Nexstar's WKRN has reached out to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Young's publicist for comment.
