Dalton Eatherly, the streamer known online as ChudTheBuilder, had his Nashville cases bound over to a grand jury after a judge said she received threats following her decision to revoke his bond.
Eatherly, 28, appeared in Davidson County court on June 25 for a hearing tied to three misdemeanor charges from an alleged incident at a Nashville restaurant in May.
According to The Tennessean, General Sessions Judge Melissa Blackburn said the court received threats by phone and on social media after her June 17 ruling revoking Eatherly’s bond in the Nashville cases.
Blackburn said the threats came “all weekend long” after the bond decision and said her assistant had been dealing with them. “I will not be intimidated,” Blackburn said in court.
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The judge made the remarks after finding probable cause in the three Nashville charges against Eatherly, which include theft under $1,000, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.
Blackburn also chose to keep Eatherly without bond in the Nashville cases, meaning he will remain in custody while the cases move forward.
“A threat to me is a threat to the finest system of justice we’ve created,” Blackburn said, before announcing that she would bind all three cases over to the grand jury. Eatherly’s attorney, Jake Fendley, asked the judge to allow him to testify in support of a motion to reinstate bond, but Blackburn denied the request.
The Nashville charges stem from a May 9 incident at Bob’s Steak and Chop inside the Omni Hotel. Prosecutors say restaurant employees asked Eatherly to leave after he refused to stop livestreaming inside the business.
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Christopher Morrison, executive director of security and loss prevention at the Omni Hotel, testified that staff eventually decided it was better to let Eatherly leave than continue the disruption.
Eatherly recorded himself using a racial slur and making offensive comments to at least one employee. He also allegedly said he would not pay his $371 check after being asked to leave. Once outside, Eatherly allegedly continued yelling racial slurs before being arrested.
Eatherly is currently being held in the Montgomery County Jail. In that county, he is also facing attempted murder, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon after a May 13 shooting outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville.
The June 25 ruling comes just over a week after Blackburn revoked Eatherly’s bond in the Nashville cases. At that hearing, the judge cited his social media activity and behavior while deciding to keep him in custody.
