Country singer Zach Bryan is seen in new bodycam footage telling police officers that he’s a ‘famous musician’ during his arrest earlier this month.
Bryan, 27, had been pulled over for speeding in Verdigris, Oklahoma on September 4, three days before his September 7 run-in with cops in Vinita, Oklahoma.
During the September 4 incident, Bryan was pulled over for going 68mph in a 50mph zone and handcuffed.
Bodycam footage shows the officer asking Bryan where he currently lives and the singer responding that he ‘doesn’t really feel comfortable sharing his address.’
On the video, he reiterates that he ‘doesn’t feel comfortable’ disclosing his address, but the officer tells him to provide the information he needs for the ticket, or informs him that he will go to jail. He asked, ‘Are you going to give me the information I need?’
‘I don’t know the address, sir,’ Bryan snapped. The officre responded, ‘Why didn’t you just say that.’
During the September 4 incident, Bryan was pulled over for going 68mph in a 50mph zone and handcuffed
Bryan responded, ‘because I don’t think it’s any of your business where I live. I’m a famous musician, and I don’t want people anyone knowing where I live.’
He apolgoized to the officer and was let go with a warning.
On September 7, he was charged with obstruction of an investigation on September 7 after he was taken into custody in Vinita, Oklahoma. Three days earlier he had been pulled over for speeding.
He called himself a ‘dumbass’ who ‘acted like an idiot’ after he was taken into custody on September 7 after a clash with highway cops in Vinta, Oklahoma.
Bryan said in a video he posted that an officer came up to his window and asked for his driver’s license, registration and home address. He said he refused to give out his address because he is a recognized musician.
However, the officer then threatened to arrest Bryan – but he wouldn’t budge. He was held in custody in the Craig County Jail in connection with the obstruction of an investigation. He bonded out nearly and hour and a half after being booked.
He tweeted an apology on his social media on Thursday and spoke of the ordeal.
‘Today I had an incident with Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Emotions got the best of me and I was out of line with the things I said. I support law enforcement as much as anyone can, I was just frustrated in the moment, it was unlike me and I apologize,’ the singer said.
