Former “American Idol” contestant Cecil Ray was arrested Friday and charged with housebreaking of habitation in Texas.
Sarah Pence, an officer with the Rockdale Police Division in Texas, additionally confirmed to USA TODAY that Ray was held in Milam County jail following his arrest. She didn’t share if he has since been launched.
USA TODAY has reached out to reps for “Idol” for remark.
Ray’s arrest got here lower than every week after he was eradicated on April 11 from the ABC singing competitors, after not incomes sufficient fan votes to land him within the high 16. He made the highest 24.
Throughout his audition, Ray and choose Katy Perry bonded over being mother and father to younger youngsters. The 20-year-old machine operator from Cameron, Texas opened up about rising up in authorities housing and dropping his buddy, brother and uncle to suicide.
“Music’s all the time been a light-weight,” he mentioned. “There have been occasions the place I simply felt like giving up, however the one gentle at midnight was music.”
Ray sang Morgan Wallen’s “Talkin’ Tennessee” for his audition, incomes reward from the judges. Luke Bryan referred to as him “absolute perfection,” and Perry mentioned he reminded her “of a rustic Justin Bieber.”
All three judges determined to ship Ray to the Hollywood Week part of the competitors, the place he dedicated a performance to his daughter.
Within the high 24, Ray showed off his country skills with “Paint Me A Birmingham” by Tracy Lawrence, and later with a duet with Jimmie Allen on the Allen and Brad Paisley music “Freedom Was a Freeway.”
“You are the underdog right here,” Perry mentioned after the efficiency. “Everybody desires to root for you, however you bought to root for your self.”
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