Morgan Wallen said “I ain’t done nothing wrong” in newly released bodycam footage showing the moments before and during his arrest last year for throwing a chair off the roof of a Nashville bar.
The Metro Nashville Police Department released a video showing the lead up to Wallen’s arrest on reckless endangerment charges, captured by multiple officers’ body and cruiser cameras. The footage was released in response to a public records request from the Associated Press.
Wallen was arrested by Metropolitan Nashville Police officers in April 2024 on the night shown in the police video soon after he was accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of Chief’s on Broadway, a six-story bar.
Two weeks later, Wallen assumed the blame, writing “I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility,” on social media. In December 2024, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and was sentenced to seven days’ incarceration at a DUI education center and two years’ probation.
Wallen declined to comment on the bodycam footage.
The video clips from last April show officers meeting Wallen and another man — who identifies himself as Wallen’s bodyguard — just inside the entrance of the bar after they saw a chair land near their cruiser.
As officers attempt to usher Wallen out of the establishment, the bodyguard can be heard shouting, “You don’t have witnesses, you are accusing!”
“He didn’t throw nothing!” the bodyguard adds.
Once outside, an officer asks Wallen what happened, to which he replies, “I don’t know.”
A man dressed in black then points toward Wallen and tells police that Wallen is the person who threw the chair, citing witnesses, the video shows.
In the video Wallen then tries to walk away from the scene. One officer grabs his arm and tells him to stay as they investigate the situation.
“We’ve not tried to cause no problems, man. I don’t know what they are — I don’t know why,” Wallen tells officers in the video.
Police said they were trying to figure out what happened after a chair flew off of the bar’s roof and landed next to their patrol car.
“As you should,” Wallen replies.
A Call to Eric Church
Wallen then makes a call that he says is to fellow country singer Eric Church, a co-owner of Chief’s, and tells him that police “are trying to take me to jail outside of your f—— bar,” adding “they won’t let me leave.”
Wallen hands the phone to an officer, who explains what they were investigating. “No, it’s not really something we can do. Law enforcement have to enforce the laws,” the officer can be heard responding. “Figure out what happened. We’ve got a supervisor coming to the scene. Gotta treat it like we would with anybody else.”
Church did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The video then switches to a different officer’s body camera, and footage shows police reviewing security video inside of the bar. It was not clear what the bar security video showed.
Back outside, an officer tells Wallen that he just watched video of the country singer throwing a chair off of the roof and into traffic and begins to handcuff him.
‘I Ain’t Done Nothing Wrong’
The final video clip shows Wallen handcuffed in the back of the police car where he says “I ain’t done nothing wrong.’
Moments later, Wallen hears a song he recognizes on the radio.
“Oh s—, this is me and Thomas Rhett. Turn it up,” Wallen says.
“That’s me and TR!” he says excitedly while singing along. “That’s me right there. Come on, now me and TR.”
Police can be heard responding to Wallen but it was not clear what they said. It was also not clear what song was playing.
“TR is one of the best, he’s one of the best dudes in the world,” Wallen tells the officers. “He would definitely not be getting arrested.”