Criminal charges weighed against a man after country music star Scotty McCreery stops show over an alleged assault

Associated Press

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Criminal charges were being considered for a man suspected of hitting a female during a performance astatine nan Colorado State Fair, authorities said Thursday, successful an incident that prompted state euphony prima Scotty McCreery to abruptly extremity his show and telephone retired nan alleged assailant from nan stage.

“Right here, correct here,” McCreery says successful video from nan event, arsenic he points into nan crowd and nan set stops playing. “That’s a woman you conscionable deed sir. Absolutely not. Who conscionable deed nan lady?”

The vocalist from North Carolina — who gained fame arsenic a teen appearing connected nan tv show “American Idol” — called for constabulary and information and asked if nan female was OK.

People could beryllium heard booing and chanting arsenic officials responded during nan Saturday performance successful Pueblo, Colorado.

McCreery, 30, urged nan crowd to fto authorities cognize who was responsible. He said that hitting a female was nan “definition of a coward” and told nan alleged assailant to “get nan heck retired of here” earlier nan show resumed.

The female was evaluated on-site by paramedics and declined to beryllium taken by ambulance to a hospital, said Olga Robak pinch nan Colorado Agriculture Department.

The man was temporarily detained but not arrested, and imaginable criminal charges were being referred to prosecutors, Robak said.