Darius Rucker has pleaded guilty to drug charges including simple possession, casual exchange and violation of the registration law. The musician was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days probation by a judge in Williamson County, Tennessee.

In a statement to WKRNRucker’s legal representatives, attorneys Mark L. Puryear III and Richard N. Gusler, thanked Judge Tom Taylor and the prosecutor’s office “for the time and care they took in reviewing the details of this case and its final disposition.”

Rucker was taken into custody earlier this year after a warrant was issued for his arrest in December 2023. He was released the same day on $10,500 bail. The arrest was related to a police stop in February 2023, when the singer was stopped for having expired license plates. “Darius is looking forward to completing this probation period and putting this all behind him,” his lawyers said.

In July, Rucker said Rolling Stone that the arrest led to a few friends inquiring about his sobriety. “Yeah, I’m fine. It was something I had in my car that I shouldn’t have in my car,” he said. He previously noted in an interview with People that he had “some weed and I think some mushrooms or something like that in the car” but was released by the police.

“The police and everything else, they were so great. They treated me with so much respect. Like you said, it’s a misdemeanor – it was reported like I had three felonies against me or something,” he continued. “But when you’re known as the nice guy and the good guy, when something like this happens, people want to take any chance they can to take you down. I accepted it and moved on with my life, and the case is still pending, so we can’t talk about it much. But I’m going to accept whatever I get and move on with my life. It took me 57 years to ever see the inside of a prison cell. That’s just unbelievable.”