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Country music star Morgan Wallen has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment. He had been charged for throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar in Nashville and nearly hitting two police officers with it.

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Wallen was accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a 6-storey bar in Nashville

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· Posted: Dec 12, 2024 4:38 PM EST | Last Updated: December 12

Morgan Wallen, left, pleads guilty to reckless endangerment charges related to throwing a chair off a six-storey balcony in criminal court Thursday in Nashville. (George Walker IV/The Associated Press)

Country music star Morgan Wallen has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment.

He had been charged for throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-storey bar in Nashville and nearly hitting two police officers with it.

Wallen appeared in court alongside his attorney on Thursday.

He was sentenced to spend seven days in a DUI education centre and will be under supervised probation for two years.

According to the arrest affidavit, Wallen was accused of throwing a chair off the roof of Chief's bar on April 7. The chair landed about a metre from the officers.

Witnesses told police they saw Wallen pick up a chair, throw it off the roof and laugh about it.

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