Chris Young charges dismissed days after country stars arrest at Nashville bar Fox News
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- Chris Young's altercation with authorities shown in surveillance footage captured at Nashville's Dawg House Saloon.Charges against country star Chris Young have been dismissed just days after the 38-year-old was arrested following an incident at a Tennessee bar, the Nashville district attorney confirmed Friday evening..
- "What happened to my client Chris Young at a bar in Nashville on Monday night was wrong and he never should have been arrested and charged in the first place," Ramsey said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday..
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSEarlier this week, Young's attorney had called for the charges to be dropped based on surveillance video that contradicted officers' version of events..
- (Getty Images / Alcoholic Beverage Commission)Bill Ramsey, Young's attorney, said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital: "Mr. Young and I are gratified with the DA’s decision clearing him of the charges and any wrong-doing.".
- In a statement sent to Fox News Digital Friday evening, the Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission said, "We respect General Funk’s decision to drop the charges against Mr. Young..
- (Jason Davis/Getty Images)Earlier this week, Ramsey had called for the charges against Young to be dropped based on surveillance video from the DawgHouse Saloon that seemed to contradict the claim that he assaulted an officer..
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