Overview

• Metro Nashville Police released body- and cruiser-camera recordings to the Associated Press in response to a public records request.
• The videos show officers reacting to something falling near Chief’s on Broadway and a broken chair lying by a patrol car.
• During the encounter Wallen repeatedly told officers he did not know what happened, while a sergeant said they had him on camera and noted witness statements.
• One witness described seeing Wallen lift and toss the chair and laugh, and the footage captures Wallen referencing a phone call with bar co-owner Eric Church.
• In December 2024 Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless-endangerment counts, receiving seven days in a DUI education center and two years of supervised probation with possible expungement after completion.