Sam Hunt’s “Cop Car” song didn’t age well.
The country singer, 40, was arrested on Jan. 20 for speeding and violation of an ignition interlock device, The Post can confirm. TMZ was the first to break the news.
Hunt was driving his black 2022 Ford F250 west on Interstate 40 in Henderson County, Tenn., when cops pulled him over for going 85 miles per hour in a 75 miles per hour zone, according to the police report obtained by The Post.
The star was also missing an ignition interlock device, which, according to law enforcement, he was required to have.
Sam Hunt’s Jan. 20, 2025 mugshot after being stopped for speeding. Henderson County Sheriffs Department“Upon a drivers license status check, it was revealed that Mr. Hunt needed to have a functioning ignition interlock device,” the police report stated. “Mr. Hunt did not have one for his vehicle.”
An ignition interlock device is also known as a car breathalyzer. The device measures breath alcohol content and requires the driver to blow into the device to enable the vehicle’s ignition. The mechanism is intended to prevent drunk driving.
Sam Hunt performing at Ryman Auditorium on March 10, 2023. Getty ImagesHunt was transported to a local jail before being released the same day on a $1,500 bond.
The singer’s mugshot, released Wednesday, shows Hunt looking into the camera with a vacant and tired stare.
Hunt was arrested for a DUI in 2019, and he was ordered to have the device installed in his car after his driving license was reinstated as part of the plea deal he took stemming from the 2019 arrest, according to The Tennessean.
Sam Hunt’s DUI mug from 2019.
A representative for the singer confirmed his arrest in a statement given to TMZ on Wednesday, saying that Hunt cleared the necessary paperwork in court this week and will not be charged. He added that Hunt received a speeding ticket, which he plans to pay.
The Post has reached out to Hunt’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Sam Hunt and wife Hannah Lee Fowler attend the 2018 CMT Music Awards on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. Getty Images for CMTHunt’s 2019 arrest came after cops in Nashville, Tenn., stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way down an East Nashville road, swerving in and out of his lane and crossing the center divider several times, Page Six reported at the time.
The five-time Grammy nominee allegedly confessed to consuming alcohol recently, per his arrest warrant, and kept trying to hand the officers his credit card and passport rather than his driver’s license.
Hunt consented to a Breathalyzer test and blew a .173, over twice the legal limit.
He was booked on charges of driving under the influence and having an open container.
Sam Hunt is seen at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on February 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. GC ImagesIn 2021, the artist pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor DUI and was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail, with all time suspended except for 48 hours.
As part of his plea deal, Hunt agreed to serve his sentence at the DUI Education Centers, an alternative sentencing facility, in addition to finishing an alcohol safety course. The “Body Like a Back Road” singer also lost his license for one year and was mandated to have an interlock installed in his vehicle after his license was reinstated.
Sam Hunt performs onstage at the HGTV Lodge. Getty Images for DirecTVHunt addressed the arrest in his song “Locked Up,” which he released in April 2024.
“The night I got locked up / Everything went wrong,” he sings. “The night I got messed up / I should’ve just stayed home / Picked up my phone / What can I say / Well, I thought that you’d walk away,” the lyrics continue, referring to his wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, who filed for divorce in 2022 before withdrawing the petition just a few months later.
“But you stood by your man / Like Tammy Wynette / Did everything / You could’ve just quit / No, but you showed me love / Kept going when the going got tough / The night I got locked up.”
The couple is still married, and they share two kids.






