Scotty McCreery halts live performance after seeing man allegedly assault lady

Nation music star and American Idol season 10 winner Scotty McCreery abruptly stopped his live performance on the Colorado State Truthful over the weekend after he noticed a person within the crowd allegedly assault a lady.

Movies shared by attendees on the occasion on social media present the “It Issues to Her” singer cease his efficiency of the track — which he advised the gang is his spouse’s favourite — for over two minutes whereas he referred to as the person out and waited for authorities to assist.

“Proper right here, that’s a girl you simply hit, sir,” McCreery, 30, might be heard saying within the video. “Completely not, who simply hit the woman? Police? Safety? Is she okay? Get the heck out of right here.”

“On God’s inexperienced Earth. At a Scotty McCreery present? What are you doing?” the singer stated on stage whereas live performance attendees pointed in the direction of the person. “Y’all let the cop know who hit the woman. That’s completely unacceptable.”

He then checked in with the gang and requested in the event that they have been okay, earlier than including, “That is the definition of a coward, hitting a girl. Get the heck out of right here, man.” From there, McCreery resumed the present. Reps for the singer didn’t instantly return an Leisure Weekly request for remark.

It’s unclear if the person concerned within the alleged altercation was arrested. Officers with the Colorado State Truthful did affirm the incident in a press release given to EW on Tuesday.

“We will affirm that an incident befell on the Scotty McCreery live performance the place a person assaulted a lady and the performer stopped the present,” Olga Robak, director of communications with The Colorado Division of Agriculture stated. “Colorado State Truthful safety assisted with crowd management. This incident continues to be underneath investigation and we can not remark additional.”

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Anybody who has video or different photographs of the incident is inspired to share it with Colorado State Truthful safety at csf.safety@state.co.us.