Morgan Wallen Felony Hearing Moved to December

Morgan Wallen’s Nashville court date for throwing a chair off the roof of Eric Church’s bar has moved from Thursday (Aug. 15) to Dec. 12 after the judge granted a continuance in the case.

Wallen, who is headed to Sweden later this month to kick off the European leg of his tour, was arrested in Nashville on April 7 in connection to the chair-throwing incident. Two Metro Nashville Police Department officers were reportedly standing on the street below Chief’s on Broadway, when the chair landed near the officers. After the arrest, the country star was charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.

At an initial court hearing on May 3, Wallen’s attorney Worrick Robinson appeared on behalf of the star before a Nashville judge, who set the new (now moved) court date for Aug. 15. The hearing did not involve entering a plea, and Wallen had waived his right to appear in person, but Robinson said the star himself would be at the next hearing. Wallen, whose tour ends Oct. 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina, is expected to attend the hearing.

“This is obviously very complicated case and it’s not going to resolve itself without subpoenas and witnesses,” Robinson told the media after the May 3 hearing. “The state will subpoena witnesses and we’ll work on the case on our end… several things can happen in the case. We might have a hearing, we might settle the case or the case might continue. Those are the options.”

“I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility,” Wallen said in a statement on April 19 following the April 7 incident. “I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe. Regarding my tour, there will be no change.”