NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A prosecutor in Tennessee has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young over a meeting with Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents conducting compliance checks.
In a statement released Friday, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk said the charges against Young were dismissed “after reviewing all of the evidence.”
Young was arrested Monday evening and charged with assault on an officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, news media reported, citing arrest affidavits.
The officers were checking the Tin Roof bar in Nashville when they asked to see Young’s identification, the arrest affidavit said. Young then began questioning and videotaping the officers.
He and others followed the officers to a neighboring bar called the Dawg House, the affidavit said. As the officers left the bar, Young put his hands out to stop them and punched one officer in the shoulder, the affidavit said. That officer then pushed the singer to create distance between them, the affidavit said.
When another officer approached Young, the singer stepped back and refused to follow commands, so he was arrested, the affidavit said. As officers tried to leave, several people with Young began following them, creating a hostile situation, the affidavit said.
Young’s attorney, Bill Ramsey, had said in a statement after the arrest that the singer should never have been arrested and that the officers “should apologize for the physical, emotional and professional harm caused to my client.”
In a later statement after the charges were dropped, Ramsey said he and Young “are pleased with the district attorney’s decision to clear him of the charges and any wrongdoing.”
Young is known for songs like ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Getting You Home’.