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Celebrity Justice5/28/2009 11:22 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Country Star Turns Himself in to Cops

John RichJohn Rich and Jared Ashley can't settle their differences -- so now the cops are involved.

Rich 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 the two. Rich and Ashley have both filed civil lawsuits against each other -- Ashley sued Rich for the alleged assault, and Rich sued back for defamation.

Rich, in a statement released by his lawyers, claims that since he can't reach a settlement with Ashley, he'd rather defend himself "through the legal process to the fullest extent of the law." He says, "I trust that the truth will come out through the process of our American justice system and that I will be completely exonerated at the end of the day."

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Suck My Bronze.:  990 days ago

Who?

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mememe:  990 days ago

Who cares. He's not country!!

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MichaelLookedAwesome!:  990 days ago

Dumb cousin loving, bare foot, grass eating hicks

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Emergency Broadcast System:  990 days ago

Who? Hmmm. Must be friends with Sophie Monk.

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let it go:  990 days ago

Im a little bit country...

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whatthefrig:  990 days ago

He is a loose cannon!

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KODIACK:  990 days ago

TYPICAL ANOTHER COUNTRY MUSIC THUG

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Mike:  990 days ago

He is on Fox News ALL THE TIME!...as part of "real America"....I wonder if this will be mentioned. BTW. He is the son of a preacher.
As the old saying goes....Preachers kids and teachers kids!

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steve sanchez:  990 days ago

Those hee haw's should just have sex and get it over with and drop the law suits.

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UpsideDownTire:  990 days ago

Who is he?

Nashville, Tenn? Where's that?

Country?! What is that?!

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Linda Mott:  990 days ago

Violence is never an answer, except in self defense. One can always go to the court and sue over defamation.I hope the truth comes out in court. Our judicial system isn't perfect, but it is better than violence.

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frig chris brown, frig him, loser:  990 days ago

I met Rich in a bar in my hometown of calgary ab, nice guy, laughed at his tabloid problems when i asked him lol

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LOL:  990 days ago

Are these the douche bags from "Big & Rich"? LOL... way to go TMZ. Nobody even knows who the hell you're talkin' about- and really, who cares, anyway?!

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dude:  990 days ago

Watch Part Two of the video - what a douche bag! He's going down.

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BaldOuting.blogspot.com:  990 days ago

who is jared ashley?

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