Alabama Shakes Drummer Steve Johnson Denies Child Abuse Charges as He Posts Bond The musician is now set to be released after weeks behind bars According to local Alabama news network WAYY [via Stereogum], Johnson will be released later today after posting bond:
RIGHT NOW: Friends, family and supporters of Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson pray outside the Limestone County Courthouse. Judge West granted bonds totaling $26,500 and he will be released later today after he posts, his lawyers say. @WAAYTV@StephenGallienpic.twitter.com/W3PvJeTJh7 — Luke Hajdasz WAAY 31 (@LukeWAAY31) April 7, 2021 A grand jury had indicted Johnson of "willful torture, willful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18."