Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker says his February drug offense “shocked” him, and that he thinks the ordeal was the results of somebody “attempting to make an instance” out of him.
“I’m dealing with it with my legal professionals, and paying the value, and we’ll transfer on with our lives,” Rucker informed Folks.
In early February, Rucker was arrested in Tennessee on two counts of easy possession/informal alternate of a managed substance and one depend of a violation of the state’s automobile registration regulation. The singer stated this week the arrest warrant “shocked me,” and added the fees have been in relation to a 2023 incident throughout which he was pulled over and launched with out fees.
“It was so superior,” Rucker stated. “I imply, I appeared again at that and I used to be like, ‘I obtained stopped by a police officer and I had just a little little bit of pot, and I believe just a little little bit of some mushrooms or one thing within the automotive, and he let me go.’ And a yr later I obtained a telephone name from a buddy that stated, ‘I believe I simply noticed an arrest warrant for you.’ It shocked me.”
In February, TMZ reported he allegedly had expired tags on his automotive.
Rucker continued this week, “My buddies who have been within the police division have been like, ‘Have you ever pissed anyone off up right here? As a result of that is loopy that they’re doing this a yr later. However I believe anyone wished to make an instance out of me, and so they did.”
Rucker’s lawyer stated after the singer’s arrest that he was “absolutely cooperating with authorities associated to misdemeanor fees.”
Final October, Rucker launched his first solo album in six years, Carolyn’s Boy. His memoir, Life’s Too Quick, can be out now.
