Just when we were about to die of boredom from all the fluff in country music and PR, JOHN RICH saves the day!!! Ashamedly, we just got scooped big time by TMZ.COM with respect to a story NASHVILLESPY.COM should have been all over right here in our spies’ back yard. According to TMZ.COM, RICH (who ironically we have referred to as “bad cop” in previous posts) has apparently “… turned himself in to the Metro Davidson County Criminal Justice Center in Nashville, Tenn. this afternoon to face misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment stemming from an alleged altercation between…” he and JARED ASHLEY.  The two apparently know each other from the TV show Nashville Star where ASHLEY was a finalist and RICH was a judge a few seasons ago.

To keep things fun this summer, let’s hope RICH keeps up the drama and picks on other up-and-coming country music artists he has judged in an effort feed his insatiable ego and to save his own recording career.  As a side note, ASHLEY seems to us to be a perfectly talented and hard working country music artist who should stand up to RICH’s infamous ego and loud mouth. Come on spies, help us out here… we don’t want to get scooped again by our Los Angeles friends at TMZ.COM again.