Country musician Scotty McCreery halted his concert at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo over the weekend to address an alleged assault in the audience.
In a video posted to Facebook, McCreery played just a few notes of the song “It Matters To Her” before he stopped the Aug. 24 show to call out a man who he said had hit a woman near the front of the crowd.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, right here. That’s a lady you just hit, sir,” said McCreery, who won “American Idol” in 2011. “Absolutely not, who just hit the lady? Police? Security? Is she OK? Get the heck out of here.”
In a statement provided to The Denver Post, Colorado Department of Agriculture spokesperson Olga Robak confirmed the assault took place and that state fair security helped with crowd control. The video shows officials trying to locate the alleged assailant using flashlights.
“Y’all let the cops know who hit the lady because that’s absolutely unacceptable,” McCreery said.
Robak added the incident is still under investigation and offered no further comment. Anyone who has information related to the event is encouraged to share it with Colorado State Fair Security at [email protected].
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