Country musician Scotty McCreery halted his concert at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo over the weekend to address an alleged assault in the audience.
In a video posted to Facebook, McCreery played just a few notes of the song “It Matters To Her” before he stopped the Aug. 24 show to call out a man who he said had hit a woman near the front of the crowd.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, right here. That’s a lady you just hit, sir,” said McCreery, who won “American Idol” in 2011. “Absolutely not, who just hit the lady? Police? Security? Is she OK? Get the heck out of here.”
In a statement provided to The Denver Post, Colorado Department of Agriculture spokesperson Olga Robak confirmed the assault took place and that state fair security helped with crowd control. The video shows officials trying to locate the alleged assailant using flashlights.
“Y’all let the cops know who hit the lady because that’s absolutely unacceptable,” McCreery said.
Robak said the woman was evaluated onsite at the concert by an EMT and paramedic team, but declined to be transported by ambulance to a hospital. The man who allegedly assaulted her was identified by the Colorado State Fair Police that night and the case has been referred to the Pueblo County District Attorney’s Office.
Anyone who has information related to the event is encouraged to share it with Colorado State Fair Security at csf.security@state.co.us.
Updated 3:22 p.m. Aug. 29, 2024: This story has been updated to include additional comments from the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
