A Tennessee judge has revoked the bond of controversial streamer Dalton Eatherly, better known online as “Chud the Builder,” in a Davidson County case.
The decision came during a court hearing in Nashville on June 17. Prosecutors argued that Chud the Builder violated the conditions of his release by allegedly committing a violent felony while already out on bond.
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What did Chud the builder do?
On May 9, in Nashville, he made a scene, refused to leave a downtown steakhouse, and failed to pay his tab, according to the police.
Court records and local reporting say Eatherly was charged with theft of services under $1,000, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after allegedly refusing to pay a nearly $400 bill at Bob’s Steak & Chop House.
He was later released on bond in that case. Days later, however, he was arrested in a far more serious case in Montgomery County after a shooting outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville.
In that Clarksville case, Eatherly faces attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. Authorities say he and another man, Joshua Fox, were both wounded during the confrontation outside the courthouse on May 13.
Eatherly has publicly suggested he acted in self-defence, but prosecutors say newly presented footage undercuts that version of events.
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New footage became the reason behind the bond rejection
According to local coverage of the June 17 hearing, prosecutors presented new video that they said showed Eatherly firing before he was physically attacked. This was a direct negation of his self-defence claim in the Montgomery County case.
Davidson County Judge Melissa Blackburn revoked his bond after reviewing the new footage. “Based on what I’ve seen on social media and Mr Eatherly’s behavior,” Blackburn said.
An investigator also discussed security footage from the incident at the Clarksville courtroom during the hearing. The footage, according to the evidence, shows rounds being fired before Joshua Fox and Eatherly struck the ground, with a ricochet hitting a concrete planter and a casing ejecting from the gun.
Eatherly is no longer able to get his release using the prior bond in the Nashville proceedings. In the courtroom shooting case, he is still being detained in Montgomery County, where his bond is still set at $1 million.
On July 26, Eatherly is scheduled to appear before a court in Nashville.
