Uncle Kracker Arrested On Sex Charge

Woman, 26, Says He Committed A Sexual Act Against Her At A Club In Raleigh, N.C.

(AP)  Uncle Kracker, a former deejay for Kid Rock, will be making a record, but this time of a different nature.

Uncle Kracker was arrested early Friday on a second-degree sex offense charge, authorities said.

Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said a 26-year-old woman alleged that a man had committed a sexual act against her at the Ess Lounge, a downtown nightclub.

Kracker, 33, was arrested at a hotel in suburban Cary. He was being held at the Wake County Jail on a $5 million bond, Sughrue said.

Sughrue said police had obtained a warrant charging Kracker with second-degree forcible sex offense.

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Kracker, whose real name is Matthew Shafer, was to appear in court Friday afternoon, said Wake County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Phyllis Stevens.

A message left with his listed agency in Nashville, Tenn., wasn't immediately returned, and a phone number for his listed management company in Harrison Township, Mich., was disconnected.

Kracker's hits include "When the Sun Goes Down," a duet with Kenny Chesney. The 33-year-old rock-country musician has also won acclaim for "Follow Me" and a cover version of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away."

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I like that song "Drift Away."

A "sexual act"? At a nightclub? What did he do? Whip out his weiner? Rub against her?

Is she scarred for life? I feel her pain.