Hank Williams Jr. Accused of Rough and Rowdy Ways

It seems that ole’ Bocephus can’t stay out of trouble down in Memphis.

A 19-year-old waitress has accused Hank Williams Jr. of harassing her in a hotel bar. Holly Hornbeak alleged that around midnight Saturday the country superstar swore at her, tried to kiss her and lifted her in a chokehold, according to a police report. Williams has been staying at the Peabody Hotel while his daughters are being treated in a Memphis hospital for injuries they suffered in a car crash.

Police had not issued any warrants in the case as of Tuesday evening, The Commercial Appeal newspaper reported. Nor has Williams been contacted by police, his publicist, Kirt Webster told The Associated Press Tuesday night. “I am shocked at such allegations,” Webster said in a statement. “Hank Jr. has had to defend himself once already in Memphis last Friday from erroneous allegations, and now this.

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On Friday Williams held a news conference to dispel rumors started by an anonymous caller on a radio talk show that he had asked for only white personnel to attend to his daughters. The women were seriously injured when their SUV overturned on a Mississippi highway last Wednesday. Holly Williams, 25, was released from the hospital Friday. Hilary Williams, 27, remained in intensive care Tuesday.

I hope the girls come out of this fine. Considering that Hank Sr. died at 29 and Hank Jr. fell off a mountain in Montana at age 26 and damned near killed himself, there has been more than enough tragedy in the Williams family.

While this alleged behavior might have been par for the course for Hank twenty five years ago, I seriously doubt that, at 57 and worried sick over the health of his daughters, he was hitting on a waitress. And anyone who knows anything about Hank knows that any suggestion that he’s a racist is a damnable lie.

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Hank Williams Jr. Accused of Rough and Rowdy Ways

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