Morgan Wallen Could Spend 6 Years In Prison
Legal experts say Morgan Wallen’s Sunday arrest in Nashville for throwing a chair from a rooftop bar could have major ramifications. Metro Nashville Police accused Wallen of three felony reckless endangerment and one disorderly conduct charge. The charges could have Morgan Wallen spend 6 years in prison.
The “Wasted on You” singer was released from jail by 3:30 a.m. Monday on a $15,250 bond, but Rither Alabre, a former New York prosecutor and Blank Rome LLP partner in the White Collar Defense Investigation Practice Group, told Fox News Digital that Wallen could face major legal penalties for his wild night out at Chief’s.
He said, “The felony charges are the most serious ones and could land Wallen in jail for up to six years if he is prosecuted and convicted of those charges. The reckless endangerment counts could have been charged as misdemeanors, which would have made them less serious and exposed Wallen to a maximum of up to 11 months and 29 days in jail. However, a reckless endangerment count can be charged as a class E felony if the alleged act was committed with a deadly weapon.
Alabre added, “For the Class E felony charges of reckless endangerment, Wallen is facing not less than one year nor more than six years in prison.”
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The Youngest Superstars in Country Music Today
Over the years, we’ve seen some really young country stars like LeAnn Rimes, who was just twelve when she hit country music stardom. Tanya Tucker, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023, was just 13 when her country music star began to rise, and she sang adult-themed songs that would make a trucker blush. Billy Gilman enjoyed country music stardom in the 1990s and he was just a teenager.
So Young
Maybe the most recent young country star was Mason Ramsey, who, at 12 years old In 2018, gained internet fame from a viral video of him yodeling “Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams at a Walmart. Ramsey was later signed to Big Loud Records, the home of Morgan Wallen and HARDY.
Miranda and Carrie
Miranda Lambert was just twenty when she signed her record deal with Sony Nashville and began her rise to stardom. Carrie Underwood was just 22 when she won American Idol in 2005.
Taylor
And, of course, there’s Taylor Swift. She was just 16 when her debut album came out. Now, she is arguably the biggest pop star in the world, and she’s only 34. Swift was signed on to Toby Keith’s record label when she was only 13. Taylor is like a prodigy, and let’s face it, even before her teens, she was readying her musical career, and no one could imagine how far she would go.
In 2024, we don’t have any teenagers making waves in country music headed for stardom just yet, we do have a handful of country music superstars who just recently completed their twenties, making them the youngest superstars in country music today. One of them is the current CMA Entertainer of the Year, who was only nine years old when she knew she would be a country star one day. A few more of them are major headliners selling out stadium shows almost every weekend all over the country.
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