Riley Strain-Missing Fraternity Member In Nashville

[WEDWDW]

I have to wonder why ANYONE would want to be in the Bar business.

If I owned a Bar,I would be a nervous wreck 24/7!

If the worst has happened,is Luke Bryan in any danger of civil action?

 

[Disneylover99]

I just saw a report where Strain went to pay his tab and the bartender informed him he didn't have a tab. That's when he was told to leave.

So either someone else was buying him drinks and knew he was highly intoxicated, or Strain showed up to the last bar already highly intoxicated and was over served at the previous bar.

I would not be shocked that we learn that frat brothers were buying the drinks for the obviously intoxicated Strain.

I mean, he could have taken some drugs as well and the effects could have been amplified by a few drinks. Who knows. So sad, no matter what. I really hope they find him soon!

 

[tony67]

I have to wonder why ANYONE would want to be in the Bar business.

If I owned a Bar,I would be a nervous wreck 24/7!

If the worst has happened,is Luke Bryan in any danger of civil action?

Yeah I d have to agree - its a tough business but I guess if it goes well its very profitable.
I suspect for most its kind of a dream, to have their own restaurant or pub...but it can become a nightmare no doubt.

So much to deal with, between staffing, food costs, waste, people giving away free drink to get better tips and then liability.
I am guessing they have some level of liability insurance, but it cant be cheap.

I know a small hotel chain that just gave up on the bar after being sued by someone who was overserved and got in an accident. It can be more difficult in some way to shut off a hotel guest then a guest at a regular bar. and who expects them to go out driving after drinking?
After that they just out sourced the whole thing

 

[GAN]

I have to wonder why ANYONE would want to be in the Bar business.

If I owned a Bar,I would be a nervous wreck 24/7!

If the worst has happened,is Luke Bryan in any danger of civil action?

I'm sure he isn't in any direct danger -any business like that is usually set up as some form of corporation. I wouldn't be shocked if they lost their liquor license or just forfeited it all together. Not worth the bad press if you're name has any value.

 

[Monykalyn]

Some updates: the friends were with him. Riley was asked to leave when he tried to get a drink-escorted out BACK door. Friends had to pay bill before they were allowed to leave -out FRONT door. Confirmed via video. Riley appears to be I. Good mood, following other pedestrians before he spins around and follows a couple. Never seen again. Friends called 911 as soon as they couldn’t find him but precinct was closed. The friends were at precinct when they called and a deputy let them in. Riley’s phone also pinged near sheriff office and river. Friends tried calling, texting, Snapchat location finder to no avail. He’s very tall so be wary of videos saying he’s “running”. (My husband and son are are 6’2” and I often accuse them of running g when they are just walking normal).
So the friends did everything they could and likely the ejection from bar happened so fast the friends and Riley couldn’t get a plan to meet back up. At this point with THIS info the bar IS liable as why couldn’t Riley wait with bouncer u til friends paid?’ Why kick out intoxicated person ALONE if he was with a group??

 

[Lehuaann]

Per The Tennessean

Luke Bryan’s Nashville bar: Missing Riley Strain served one drink, left via front door (Broadway)

https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...-had-drink-left-cumberland-river/72991234007/

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Have you been to Nashville?

Yes.

 

[tony67]

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Some updates: the friends were with him. Riley was asked to leave when he tried to get a drink-escorted out BACK door. Friends had to pay bill before they were allowed to leave -out FRONT door. Confirmed via video. Riley appears to be I. Good mood, following other pedestrians before he spins around and follows a couple. Never seen again. Friends called 911 as soon as they couldn’t find him but precinct was closed. The friends were at precinct when they called and a deputy let them in. Riley’s phone also pinged near sheriff office and river. Friends tried calling, texting, Snapchat location finder to no avail. He’s very tall so be wary of videos saying he’s “running”. (My husband and son are are 6’2” and I often accuse them of running g when they are just walking normal).
So the friends did everything they could and likely the ejection from bar happened so fast the friends and Riley couldn’t get a plan to meet back up. At this point with THIS info the bar IS liable as why couldn’t Riley wait with bouncer u til friends paid?’ Why kick out intoxicated person ALONE if he was with a group??

From the article I read that was a bit more recent.

He had one drink and was shut off.
Friend walked with them to the front door and went back in.
Friends reported him missing next day (I read 16 hours later)

The article a PP posted seems to say the same thing.

Sadly this is not all that uncommon an occurrence - I think this is getting a lot of national coverage because of the name of that bar. I never heard of Luke Bryan till now.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I think this is getting a lot of national coverage because of the name of that bar. I never heard of Luke Bryan till now.

IMO I think it's because a college student is missing during a spring break trip. When this stuff happens it tends to get news coverage. Yes, I think the media is using Luke Bryan's name perhaps to get more clicks, but the aspect of national attention of a missing college student during a school break tends to happen whenever it does happen.

 

[tony67]

IMO I think it's because a college student is missing during a spring break trip. When this stuff happens it tends to get news coverage. Yes, I think the media is using Luke Bryan's name perhaps to get more clicks, but the aspect of national attention of a missing college student during a school break tends to happen whenever it does happen.

Yeah I am sure that plays into it as well no doubt. Maybe for the same reason - clicks - lots of parents have kids away at school and on spring break and these stories will peak their interest.

Having video and so many cameras everywhere watching everything also probably helps the story get legs as well.

It feels to me like this happens every few years in Boston, and does not always get this kind of coverage - and even less likely if its not a college student.

In the end that is not important anyway - other than hopefully people learn from it or someone will see it and come forward with some info.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yeah I am sure that plays into it as well no doubt. Maybe for the same reason - clicks - lots of parents have kids away at school and on spring break and these stories will peak their interest.

Having video and so many cameras everywhere watching everything also probably helps the story get legs as well.

It feels to me like this happens every few years in Boston, and does not always get this kind of coverage - and even less likely if its not a college student.

In the end that is not important anyway - other than hopefully people learn from it or someone will see it and come forward with some info.

I think attaching it to a celebrity's name is the media clicks part (and is the not important part overall at least to finding him) but not the missing college student. The college student part and spring break part are what I'm saying elicits higher national attention on average. Are you saying that in Boston college students go missing on spring break and it's not talked about outside of Boston? I'm speaking solely about college students away on breaks.

I do think it's important most especially because in these cases you're dealing with people who are not local to that area, it hampers the investigation when your witnesses (including other bar patrons) may not be there long term. In those cases national attention can be helpful.

 

[tony67]

I think attaching it to a celebrity's name is the media clicks part (and is the not important part overall at least to finding him) but not the missing college student. The college student part and spring break part are what I'm saying elicits higher national attention on average. Are you saying that in Boston college students go missing on spring break and it's not talked about outside of Boston? I'm speaking solely about college students away on breaks.

I do think it's important most especially because in these cases you're dealing with people who are not local to that area, it hampers the investigation when your witnesses (including other bar patrons) may not be there long term. In those cases national attention can be helpful.

No not on spring break - just out drinking in Boston.

I recall one from BC, BU, Northeastern and Harvard over the last 10 or so years.
I don't recall hearing as much about those as this one, no doubt I could be wrong.

I don't recall threads here talking about them - maybe there were.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Per The Tennessean

Luke Bryan’s Nashville bar: Missing Riley Strain served one drink, left via front door (Broadway)

https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...-had-drink-left-cumberland-river/72991234007/

I would say the number of drinks is less important than knowing

1) was he already visibly intoxicated at the time of ordering that 1 drink (as that is against the state law)
2) the alcohol content of the drink in question (including the size of it) as that goes to the state of his mind as he's wandering around town stumbling and falling down (this is assuming the alcohol is the prime reason he was not stable on his legs).

Me randomly thinking here he appears to have at least left the premises willingly enough but I wonder what would have happened had the police been called because he refused to leave.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

why couldn’t Riley wait with bouncer u til friends paid?’ Why kick out intoxicated person ALONE if he was with a group??

At least the statement the bar put out (with conversations regarding the security cameras and timestamps of the drink order) he was asked to leave due to "conduct standards to escort him from the venue through our Broadway exit at the front of our building."

It says one of the friends walked down the stairs with him but did not leave the establishment and instead returned upstairs. So on the one hand the bar appears to have only had an issue with Riley, on the other hand the buddy system is good advice for good reasons. On the one hand we don't know if there were issues amongst the group that night like an argument, on the other hand looking out for each other may have meant attempting to order an Uber or taxi to get him back to their hotel.

I haven't heard any new information regarding clues for search parties other than his last known location but it eerily reminds me (due to searching having occurred by the river in Nashville) of a local to me case where on March 12th they recovered a 29 yr old man identified as a missing person from my metro. He was found on the direct opposite side of the state of Missouri in the Missouri river after having been missing since February 18th (so just about a month).

 

[Lehuaann]

I would say the number of drinks is less important than knowing

1) was he already visibly intoxicated at the time of ordering that 1 drink (as that is against the state law)
2) the alcohol content of the drink in question (including the size of it) as that goes to the state of his mind as he's wandering around town stumbling and falling down (this is assuming the alcohol is the prime reason he was not stable on his legs).

Me randomly thinking here he appears to have at least left the premises willingly enough but I wonder what would have happened had the police been called because he refused to leave.

True. I posted the number because TABC began their investigation with Riley being over-served at Luke’s 32 Bridge, and that’s what people believed.

Did he enter the bar intoxicated from bar-hopping? Good question. Nashville bars and Honky Tonks have tens of thousands of people coming through them, so they certainly don’t need the money or trouble. And I would think they are trained enough not to mess with TABC.

Per WSMV, “TABC declined to comment when asked by WSMV4 whether it was investigating other Broadway bars for over-serving Riley Strain.”

The size or content of the drink? Good question.

Was his buddies sharing drinks? I think the security team would have kicked them all out. Obviously, they were watching, because at 9:58 pm the security team *made the decision* to remove Riley. And once he came up missing, they proactively turned over everything (footage, photos, timestamps, staff accounts, etc).

So that leaves me with drugging. Was his drink spiked? Did the frat boys order 2 waters as an attempt to get it out of his system? Is that why they waited 16 hrs to report him missing? I read on Nextdoor he was here with over 50 frat brothers (some saying over 200).

This breaks my heart, especially with our community still searching for 15 yr old Sebastian Rodgers.

 

[mjkacmom]

True. I posted the number because TABC began their investigation with Riley being over-served at Luke’s 32 Bridge, and that’s what people believed.

Did he enter the bar intoxicated from bar-hopping? Good question. Nashville bars and Honky Tonks have tens of thousands of people coming through them, so they certainly don’t need the money or trouble. And I would think they are trained enough not to mess with TABC.

Per WSMV, “TABC declined to comment when asked by WSMV4 whether it was investigating other Broadway bars for over-serving Riley Strain.”

The size or content of the drink? Good question.

Was his buddies sharing drinks? I think the security team would have kicked them all out. Obviously, they were watching, because at 9:58 pm the security team *made the decision* to remove Riley. And once he came up missing, they proactively turned over everything (footage, photos, timestamps, staff accounts, etc).

So that leaves me with drugging. Was his drink spiked? Did the frat boys order 2 waters as an attempt to get it out of his system? Is that why they waited 16 hrs to report him missing? I read on Nextdoor he was here with over 50 frat brothers (some saying over 200).

This breaks my heart, especially with our community still searching for 15 yr old Sebastian Rodgers.

It would be really hard to fig your how much he drank, every college student I know (and I know a ton) pregames before heading to bars, it’s part of the game plan.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

It would be really hard to fig your how much he drank, every college student I know (and I know a ton) pregames before heading to bars, it’s part of the game plan.

Yep, you pregame so it’s not as expensive when you go out.

 

[Lehuaann]

It would be really hard to fig your how much he drank, every college student I know (and I know a ton) pregames before heading to bars, it’s part of the game plan.

If he was pregaming, maybe that one drink suddenly set him off. Idk, I don’t drink, but my son and buds go downtown and know that Nashville has a roofie problem. This post is recent from Dec 2023.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nashville/comments/18n7vb1/drugging_in_downtown_bars_2023

 

[Disneylover99]

Sadly, they found his bank card by the riverbank yesterday.

 

[Babs Johnson]

If the worst has happened,is Luke Bryan in any danger of civil action?

Personally, no. If the worst has happened and a lawsuit is filed, the corporation that owns the bar would be liable, not Luke Bryan the person.

Although he’d likely be named in a civil action too; same for the alcohol companies and distributors, etc. Sue everyone and see what sticks.

Over the past decade Nashville has surpassed New Orleans as the nirvana for irresponsible overindulgence.