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Darius Rucker has recently been placed on probation after a no-contest plea to drug charges, which he is seeking to leave in his past. This followed the arrest of the 58-year-old country singer in February 2024, which was related to a traffic stop in 2023.
On the 10th of September, Rucker was reported by WKRN to be in a Williamson County, Tennessee, courtroom to enter a no-contest plea on one charge of possession of a controlled substance. Thus, Rucker spent 11 months and 29 days doing jail time and rather spend it on a pro bond. If he makes it to the end of the probation, he will have the charge cleared, as reported by Penn Live.
The singer of Wagon Wheel hit the headlines after his arrest in February 2024 over a violation of the vehicle registration charge as stated in the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. He was released after paying a bond of 10,500 USD. As per TMZ, the authorities found marijuana and psilocin in his car. Though recreational marijuana has been made legal in 24 states, Tennessee is not one of them.
Rucker’s lawyers expressed their gratitude about the case’s outcome and thanked the judge and the district attorney for their thoughtfulness. They even credited the local police with a level of professionalism that was unprecedented. This made him concentrate on the requirements given to him during probation and made him successfully move ahead.
Rucker’s lawyers stated to WKRN, “We want to thank and commend the members of the Franklin Police Department and the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department for the respectful and professional manner in which they treated Darius during this process. Darius looks forward to working through this probationary period and putting this all behind him.”
While currently on tour with Hootie and the Blowfish, Rucker spoke about the incident to People. Rucker noted his surprise in finding out that there was a warrant for his arrest after the traffic stop in February 2023. He had also confessed to keeping weed and shrooms in the car.
At that time, the singer was not charged but an arrest warrant was issued in December 2023. Darius Rucker turned himself in voluntarily in February 2024.
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Kamal Haasan’s next big release, Thug Life, has been grabbing attention among all his fans for quite some time now. The film has already captivated the audiences with its initial glimpses and posters and is anticipated to become a major hit at the box office. Directed by Mani Ratnam, Thug Life is slated to release sometime in 2024 itself. And now the makers seemed to have wrapped up the complete shooting schedule for the film, hinting at its grand release soon.
Recently, a picture went viral on social media that featured Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan TR and the director of Thug Life, Mani Ratnam, along with other team members of Thug Life as they wind up the complete shooting schedule for the film. The frame reflected happiness and optimism and surely led to the fans of the actor rejoicing in the excitement to catch the film soon enough on the silver screen.
Check out the picture here:
As per a recent report by the Deccan Herald, the makers of Kamal Haasan’s Thug Life have apparently been bought by the OTT giant Netflix for a whopping deal of Rs. 149.7 crores. Well, with such a massive price, it seems the Mani Ratnam directorial has already surpassed several other blockbuster films that were also backed by Netflix and bought at record prices.
Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan’s collaboration is highly anticipated and has been hailed as a much-deserved reunion of the actor-filmmaker duo. In fact, the Vishwaroopam star himself has co-written the film besides Mani Ratnam.
Coming to the cast of the film, Thug Life includes a stellar list of actors such as Trisha Krishnan, Silambarasan, Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Ashok Selvan, Jisshu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra and more.
For the unversed, if reports are to be believed, then it was Dulquer Salmaan and Jayam Ravi who were apparently the first choice for Thug Life. However, after the delay in commencing the shooting, both the actors backed down from the project.
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