OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nation music star Zach Bryan was arrested by the Oklahoma Freeway Patrol and jailed briefly Thursday in northeastern Oklahoma, in response to a video posted on his account on the social media web site X, previously Twitter.
Bryan said he was driving by Vinita, about 55 miles (88 kilometers) northeast of Tulsa when his safety guard, who was driving behind him, was stopped by an officer.
Bryan, who’s from Oologah, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Tulsa, mentioned he additionally stopped and after 10 to fifteen minutes, bought out of his automobile to smoke a cigarette when the officer instructed him to get again contained in the automobile or be taken to jail.
Bryan mentioned he cursed the officer, who then handcuffed him and positioned him within the patrol automobile.
“I get too lippy with him,” Bryan mentioned. “I’m simply mouthing off like an fool” and the officer was “simply doing their job.”
Bryan mentioned he spent “a number of hours” on the Craig County jail earlier than being launched on bond and that he spoke to the officer and shook arms with him earlier than leaving.
Bryan in an earlier post on X, wrote, he’s “really sorry to the officers” and that he was out of line.
“I don’t assume that I’m above the legislation, I used to be simply being disrespectful … I used to be simply an fool … and it gained’t occur once more,” Bryan mentioned within the video. “I used to be simply pissed off within the second, it was not like me and I apologize.”
A consultant for Bryan didn’t instantly return messages Friday morning for remark.
Court docket data don’t present formal fees have been filed.
Bryan earned his first number-one album earlier this week. Billboard reviews Bryan’s self-titled album moved 200,000 items this previous week, placing it on the prime of the Billboard 200 albums chart. Bryan, in a duet with Kacey Musgraves, at the moment has the No. 1 music on the Billboard Scorching 100 with “I Keep in mind Every little thing.”