Alabama Shakes Drummer Steven William Johnson Has Child Abuse Charge Dismissed

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Alabama Shakes Drummer Steven William Johnson Has Child Abuse Charge Dismissed

The musician was arrested in March after being indicted by a Limestone County, Alabama grand jury

Steven William Johnson

Steven William Johnson, November 2016 (Rebecca Sapp/WireImage for The Recording Academy)

Alabama Shakes drummer Steven William Johnson is no longer face a charge of child abuse in Limestone County, Alabama, The Associated Press reports. “Steve Johnson maintained his innocence the entire time. He had to wait for his day in court like so many people do. Thankfully, these charges have been dismissed,” Johnson’s attorney Nick Lough told The AP.

Johnson was arrested in March after reportedly being indicted on charges of “willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.” Following the charge’s dismissal, Lough told The AP, “It was a spanking incident and nothing more, and it resulted in a criminal indictment. The charge of child abuse has been dismissed.”

Johnson is a founding member of Alabama Shakes and played on both 2012’s Boys & Girls and 2015’s Sound & Color. The group went on hiatus in 2018 as frontperson Brittany Howard turned her focus toward her solo work.

Pitchfork has contacted Nick Lough and Alabama Shakes’ representatives for comment and additional information.

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