We reported yesterday, as part of our daily bid for a Pulitzer, that Oklahomans listen to a lot of bad country music, and even went so far as to name-drop Stoney LaRue as one of those bad country musicians. When we did so, we definitely didn’t expect the bandana-wearing, beer-guzzling, bad-song-writing LaRue to spiral into a drunken fit of violence, but that is reportedly what he did.
As KFOR reports, the 38-year-old sentient can of Lone Star was arrested early Tuesday morning in Oklahoma City on suspicion of domestic violence after allegedly shoving his girlfriend down a flight of stairs. LaRue and a friend had been out drinking until 4 a.m., according to the arrest affidavit, and an argument sparked after LaRue’s girlfriend had the audacity to use a hair dryer as she got ready for work while he was trying to sleep that shit off. Naturally, the Red Dirt something-writer threw her makeup bag, curling iron, and other items down the stairs before reportedly hurling her down with them.
That’s LaRue’s beaut of a mugshot above. In the words of a colleague, it kind of looks like a drunken Champ Kind.
UPDATE (2:23 p.m.): Although Oklahoma City police do not release the names of domestic abuse victims, LaRue’s girlfriend responded, albeit vaguely, via Twitter this morning:
The happenings of this incident have been blown out of proportion by the media. I was never struck by my boyfriend @stoneylarue.
— Amanda Winsworth (@JustFancy_) July 21, 2015
