Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, was arrested on Feb. 1, 2024, close to Nashville on misdemeanor drug expenses. Rucker’s ex-girlfriend, Kate Quigley, wasted no time telling us her ideas on what occurred.
Rucker’s band, Hootie & the Blowfish, took a break in 2008 and reunited in 2019, however for probably the most half, Rucker’s now extra well-known as a rustic music solo artist, whereas his band stays on hiatus. In 2020, Rucker divorced his spouse of 20 years, Beth Leonard, and round that very same time, Rucker briefly dated Quigley.
As information of Rucker’s arrest unfold on-line, Quigley made two posts on X referring to Rucker — one she deleted, the opposite she didn’t. All mixed, they recommend that no matter occurred between Rucker and Quigley, issues didn’t appear to finish amicably.
Kate Quigley’s a comic. And referring to Rucker’s arrest, she wrote on X, “Sure. I’ve heard. All I can say is Karma.” She additionally shared a bikini snap of herself captioned, “Temper when u hear your d-bag ex bought arrested. #Karma,” however that submit was later deleted, NBC Information reported. Not, nevertheless, earlier than TMZ grabbed a screenshot. So what might have occurred between Rucker and his ex-girlfriend to trigger such ill-will?
Within the feedback, somebody responded to Quigley’s Rucker submit: “Didn’t you overdose? Guess that was karma too,” referring to an incident in 2021 when Quigley and 4 different comedians overdosed on cocaine-laced fentanyl. Three died, and Quigley survived, TMZ reported that 12 months. After Quigley’s overdose, Rucker instructed TMZ they have been now not collectively, and Quigley shot again on X (then Twitter) that he ought to thoughts his personal enterprise.
Rucker was launched on bail
In response to NBC Information, Rucker was arrested and charged with two counts of easy possession or informal trade of a managed substance, and one depend of violation of Tennessee car registration legislation, and he was later launched on $10,500 bail. The authorities didn’t say what substance Rucker had in his possession or the circumstances of his arrest. Rucker is absolutely cooperating with the investigation, in accordance with his legal professional.