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Country star Morgan Wallen pleads guilty to reckless endangerment for throwing chair

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.

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

A man raises his hand in court.
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.