Todd Snider Arrested in Salt Lake, Victim of Alleged Assault
This story has been updated (see below).
Todd Snider was allegedly the victim of an assault in Salt Lake City Halloween night, Friday, October 31st. But that does not tell the full story of his time in Salt Lake City, or why he has postponed future tour dates indefinitely.
Saving Country Music has confirmed that on Sunday, November 2nd, Snider was also arrested for suspicion of criminal trespass, threat of violence, and disorderly conduct—two Class B misdemeanors and an infraction—at the Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City where Snider was being treated after the assault.
After receiving treatment and being officially discharged, police say Snider became belligerent, and demanded further treatment. Snider then allegedly cursed at the hospital staff before being told to leave. An employee told Snider to not return to the facility, but Snider returned and allegedly threatened a member of the staff, saying, “I will kick your ass.”
On Monday (11-3), Aimless Inc. released a statement to Todd Snider fans declaring,
We are heartbroken to announce the cancellation of the High, Lonesome and Then Some 2025 Tour dates. Ahead of Todd Snider’s show in Salt Lake City, Todd sustained severe injuries as the victim of a violent assault outside of his hotel.
Todd will be unable to perform for an undetermined amount of time. We deeply apologize for the cancellation and any inconvenience it causes. We appreciate your understanding as Todd receives needed medical treatment. We hope to have more information on new dates soon.
Snider very well could have been assaulted on Halloween. However, there are currently no records of the assault according to the Salt Lake City Police Department. “There wasn’t an assault in the Salt Lake area that we can confirm,” Sgt. Miles Southworth tells Saving Country Music.
However, the alleged assault might have occurred in South Salt Lake—a separate municipality—where Snider was scheduled to perform at The Commonwealth Room on November 1st. Saving Country Music spoke to the South Salt Lake Police Department about any investigation into an assault on Snider, but they only cited the case stemming from the incident at Holy Cross Hospital.
Saving Country Music has subsequently sent further requests for information to attempt to confirm if any assault occurred, what the details of that assault are, and if any suspects are outstanding.
UPDATE: According to a statement from the South Salt Lake Police Department, officers were called out to investigate “a report of an alleged assault of a 59-year-old male” on Saturday (10-31) at about 3:40 p.m. at the Commonwealth Room. However, limited information about the alleged incident was obtained. “At this time, the exact location and details surrounding this incident are unclear,” police said in the release.
This all occurred as Todd Snider just released his latest album High, Lonesome, and Then Some on October 17th, and was just starting his tour of the same name. Sources familiar with Snider’s current situation say he’s been distraught lately.
More more updated information, please read The Ballad of Todd Snider.
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November 3, 2025 @ 9:47 pm
So just to try to parse this out a little deeper since this is a complex situation:
When I saw a statement from Todd Snider’s management saying he was the victim of an assault, I called the Salt Lake City Police Department to try and get more details, verify the information, and specifically try to find if there was a suspect outstanding that the public could be on the lookout for. While making these inquiries and having to poke and prod because there was no information on the assault—and then subsequently also talking to the South Salt Lake Police Department (a separate agency)—I uncovered that Todd Snider had been arrested on November 2nd. It appears some local reporters in Salt Lake City also came upon the arrest information while investigating the alleged assault.
I am NOT saying that Todd Snider was NOT assaulted. But there is currently no records of charges, investigations, suspects, or warrants stemming from an assault that I was able to run down. That said, I have made a deeper, more formal inquiry to the South Salt Lake Police Department where the alleged assault occurred, to see if I can get any more information.
There is also the possibility that Todd Snider was assaulted, but didn’t want to call the police, so the police were never involved.
November 4, 2025 @ 9:57 am
The story has been updated with a statement from the South Salt Lake Police Department. Long story short, they were called out to the VENUE (not Snider’s hotel) about an alleged assault, though the assault could have happened at the hotel prior. Either way, it appears the police were unable to get any credible information or determine exactly what happened, potentially because Todd Snider did not fully cooperate. The matter is still being investigated.
November 6, 2025 @ 8:34 pm
he couldn’t cooperate because he was knocked cold for hours and had been stabbed in the back his head with the back side of a hammer about five times and was found in a massive pool of blood on the bus… the whole back of his head had to be stapled shut. …when he woke he didn’t know where he was or what happened….. i know this from a source thats shagging your mom….i have a feeling they didn’t tell you what happened to todd cuz your a blogger and they have real jobs with grown man names. but i know from a source that would be embarrassed for someone who nicknamed themselves trigger that stacie huckabee has your number.. doesn’t she trigger?
November 6, 2025 @ 9:08 pm
A few things:
First, I think it’s important for everyone to recognize that despite the strangeness and conflicting accounts of what did or didn’t happen in Salt Lake City, there is no reason to not believe that at some point, Todd Snider was legitimately assaulted. In fact, the latest information we received from Salt Lake City Police Detective Michael Ruff is that Snider had staples in his head at the time the police were called, and this was before Snider went to Holy Cross hospital. The whole reason I reached out to the Salt Lake City Police Department, as well as South Salt Lake is because if Todd Snider had been assaulted, I wanted a photo, video, a name of a suspect, or whatever they might have so we could put the APB out to the public to be on the lookout for the perpetrator. The media is the 4th estate, and we need to make sure that if Todd Snider was assaulted, a proper investigation ensues, and the perpetrators are brought to justice.
Second, this is an ongoing investigation and story. I hope there’s video footage of what happened. That will clear a lot of the confusion and misconceptions up, and hopefully lead to justice for Todd Snider.
Third, I am stupefied by the high school, adolescent-like behavior of certain Todd Snider fans primarily stemming from his private Facebook group that just like ALL these private Facebook fan groups, run interference for the artists, refuse to allow criticism or dissenting viewpoints, and participate in petty, scenster character assassinations in perceived turf wars with people who are paid to cover music professionally. The only way it is possible for anyone to take this article as an affront to Todd Snider is your nose is so deep in the Kool-Aid, you opinion is rendered meaningless.
Fourth, I have no idea who Stacie Huckabee is. Maybe she has my number. Maybe I should know who she is. I meet a lot of people. But my lines of communication are open with anyone who wants to discuss this matter.
November 7, 2025 @ 12:40 pm
I’m thinking grown man names like Red Dirt Clown Shoes 😂
November 3, 2025 @ 9:53 pm
I hope Todd is doing okay.
November 6, 2025 @ 7:29 am
He’s not been okay for decades.
November 3, 2025 @ 10:17 pm
Jeez – this whole thing is weird, I hope this isn’t a Mark Sanchez kind of deal!
November 3, 2025 @ 10:35 pm
I think Todd’s an Alright Guy, but it sounds like he might have had a bad reaction to something on Friday night.
A 59-year-old man comes into the hospital with an injury, whether from an assault or accident and after they treat his injuries, he’s still agitated and belligerant and demanding to stay–Maybe they should have kept him in the hospital for observation and some additional test–and a check by a psychiatrist–rather than kicking him out.
November 4, 2025 @ 4:34 am
“I guess they didn’t like it when I called ’em a couple of dicks,
so they made me do the stupid human tricks.
Now I’m in a jail cell with a bunch of dumb hicks,
And I DON’T.. KNOW.. WHY…
November 4, 2025 @ 12:57 am
The needle is so bad… I miss Eddy so much
November 4, 2025 @ 1:22 am
I read some press when the album came out. Really scary. He needs to hang it up.
November 5, 2025 @ 3:26 pm
Can you point me towards any particular bits of press, so I can see what you’re referring to? Thanks!
November 4, 2025 @ 1:22 am
Jussie Smollet
November 4, 2025 @ 5:27 am
Apparently not. This article says the South Salt Lake Police confirmed a report of an attack on a 59 year on man on Saturday afternoon (11/1) at 3:40pm “at the Commonwealth Room”: https://www.ksl.com/article/51399882
Interestingly, that was where Todd was supposed to play that night (around soundcheck time?) and there are no hotels right nearby.
November 4, 2025 @ 7:32 am
When I spoke to South Salt Lake Police, they said they had no record of an assault. That doesn’t mean that whoever this local reporter spoke to didn’t have more info than the person I spoke to.
However, when I spoke to Sgt. Miles Southworth at the Salt Lake City Police Department, he didn’t have any information on the alleged assault, because again, no charges were filed, no arrests were made. But what he did tell me was his understanding was that the alleged assault, if it did happen, happened at the VENUE (Commonwealth Room), NOT at Todd Snider’s HOTEL like the statement from Todd Snider’s management claimed.
This is why you cannot 100% trust these kinds of statements when they come from artists or their management. A lot of outlets ran with the statement without making any effort to verify the information.
Again, I’m not saying the assault didn’t happen. But at this point, we need more information to verify when and where it happened.
If Todd Snider was severely assaulted, I want to know who the suspect is. Are they still at large? Do we have video or photos of them?
November 4, 2025 @ 1:46 am
I go back to the Nervous Wrecks days with Todd after catching him on ACL. That’s a long time ago now.
His music is changed and I don’t follow him that closely. I’ve always rooted for him, but it’s not easy and he can be a little self destructive. I didn’t like his autobiography – the tone didn’t land with me.
He does have a serious condition with his back, but he’s a tortured individual regardless. He’s got a blindly loyal following in a Facebook group.
November 4, 2025 @ 8:25 am
What was the tone? I am interested. I want to read, but don’t want it to change my perspective of him for the negative.
November 4, 2025 @ 10:55 am
Oh, it will.
He’s not a alright guy, and the book will confirm it.
Entertaining, yes, but hardly believable. Call it bravado mixed with “aww, poor me, I’m kept out in the cold”.
No wonder way.
November 4, 2025 @ 12:28 pm
He just came off as a bit of a knob in it. There were confrontations and interactions with people where the way he told the story wasn’t flattering, but he thought it was.
There were some good stories. But much of it reminded me of the old adage about how if you encounter jerks all day long, you are likely the jerk.
November 4, 2025 @ 12:42 pm
Just it add, nothing is ever his fault and he’s accountable for little if anything.
You see it in his facebook group. Todd leaves a show after two songs – that’s the blender making noise, he deserves better. Todd is surly and off throughout a performance – people in the audience were talking.
November 4, 2025 @ 2:58 pm
I said the same last night in text message to a couple guys when the “assault” statement first came out: the guy cancels more shows than anyone I know if, and it’s always someone else’s fault, never his. Always something with him. Him and his pal Ryan Adams are two peas in a pod when it comes to the insufferable woe-is-me artist act.
November 5, 2025 @ 10:32 am
RJ, have you listened to any of his stories on the live records or bootlegs? If so, just stick with those.
November 4, 2025 @ 4:07 am
This feels a bit Mark Sanchez-y
November 4, 2025 @ 9:41 am
Huh?
The recent Mark Sanchez incident in the news was a very real altercation between Sanchez and a truck driver that involved at least one knife and pretty extreme violence, with wounds and blood loss and even life-threatening injuries. That’s legitimate police-blotter news, though obviously the coverage went national because of Sanchez’s fame.
The Snider case is a dopey incident involving Snider and perhaps another individual, where the injuries, if any, to Snider were so minor that he was kicked out of the hospital where he went for treatment–and the only reason that it’s news even in the town where it occurred is that Snider is nominally famous and he managed to get himself arrested for trying to get back into the hospital and being disorderly and verbally abusive to the staff.
November 4, 2025 @ 9:47 am
I agree that this is not really anything like the Mark Sanchez situation, or the Jussie Smollett situation. However, we do not know the extend of Todd Snider’s injuries, if it was indeed a “violent assault,” or it it was only minor issues he suffered. And due to HIPPA laws, we will be unable to determine this unless Snider himself wants to divulge what kind of injuries he suffered.
November 4, 2025 @ 11:04 am
This is “news” only because it involves a minor celebrity. We know that he was kicked out or released from the hospital–so apparently, they deemed his “injuries” not severe. Sure, it’s possible the doctors at the hospital were wrong and Snider could claim malpractice etc. I said initially: Maybe they should have admitted him for psychiatric observation.
But quite possibly, he was uncooperative in the hospital and refused to be tested for drugs. He was only arrested AFTER he was discharged from the hospital and when he was trying to get back in. When he was IN the hospital, he was there strictly on a voluntary basis and did not have to submit to any tests or follow their instructions.
Yeah, Snider can come and produce “proof” of his injuries (whether from an assault or a fall or something else. But is this really something Todd Snider would like to keep alive. I’d think he’d want it to die down.
Funny, Jay Leno took a fall some months ago. In the photos and videos of him the next day, his face looked so badly bruised that the talk was that it had to have been an assault: That his account of falling down a grassy hill was a lame cover story. Snider’s thing is like the opposite.
November 4, 2025 @ 11:22 am
The hospital very well could have treated him for significant injuries, and then decided he could recover at home and discharged him like very often happens in certain cases. People are shot multiple times and out of the hospital in four hours these days.
This is also “news” because the way Todd Snider’s management portrayed the situation was not the way the situation actually was. If Todd had just said he was canceling his tour, I’m not sure anyone would have looked further into it. He’s canceled lots of shows recently.
November 4, 2025 @ 2:31 pm
Trig–Sure, a hospital might treat you even for a significant injury and discharge you quickly.
But if they did that, and you came back, after having received medication, pain-killers, etc., or gotten stiches or been given a brace, etc., and said you need to be seen again, they wouldn’t block your entrance and call the cops on you.
This hospital apparently saw Snider as trouble when he came in the first time and still trouble when he came back, and threatened to kick people’s asses. I also suspect that the way Snider looked and acted at the time, the staff at the hospital thought he was some derelict and had no clue that he was a man of some prominence. If they had known that, they might have treated him as someone suffering a “mental health” episode and shown him more understanding.
November 4, 2025 @ 7:30 am
It’s hard to picture barefoot hippie Todd Snider starting a physical fight, but it’s pretty believable that he was maybe a little drug seeky at the hospital and got into an argument about that. Either way, not great news and I hope he’s doing ok.
November 4, 2025 @ 3:07 pm
My first thought was that he came back because they didn’t give him a prescription, or maybe not the one he wanted.
November 5, 2025 @ 6:41 am
Not saying this is Snider’s situation, but this type of thing is very typical of someone addicted to prescription drugs. When doctors cut them off they often fabricate ways to get to the ER and allege injury in an attempt to get pain medication. Calling the police to report a vague possible assault needing medical assistance seems in line with this.
Hell, it seems every time I go to my local drug store these days to pick up my medication there is someone there arguing with the pharmacy staff about how they should have pain medication left on their prescription. It’s a sad epidemic.
November 4, 2025 @ 1:25 pm
The rub on Todd is that he’s a troubled soul. Drugs, addictions, mental health etc. Hes bombastic on top of it all and if you go see him, you need to understand what your getting into.
For me, I saw him numerous times back in the day when he was opening for everyone and potentially could have almost had a mainstream career. But that’s not the Todd of nowadays. I’ve been there, done that, he’s a hard pass to me now. That said, this incident whatever the facts may be, in my mind it’s par for the course.
November 4, 2025 @ 1:50 pm
I really don’t know much about Snider but have long gotten the vibe that he’s kinda unstable. Several concert and tour cancellations and odd messages from him on social media.
Is that the case?
November 4, 2025 @ 3:16 pm
This is what being a “peace loving tree hugging pot smoking porn watching lazy ass hippie” gets you.
November 4, 2025 @ 7:34 pm
He was assaulted in a dope deal gone bad, then wanted the hospital to give him pain meds because he’s a junkie.
Go to rehab, Todd.
November 5, 2025 @ 10:29 am
Two of the best shows I’ve ever experienced.
In the mid ’90’s he opened for Robert Earl Keen @ Rockerfellers in Houston with Eddy in his band – Blew the house down! Early 2000’s he did a solo act @ McGonigal’s Mucky Duck in Houston a few daze out of rehab – it was positively spellbinding.
November 6, 2025 @ 5:12 am
He must have been something back in that era. I didn’t see him live, but Jerry Jeff sure thought the world of him.
November 5, 2025 @ 2:41 pm
I’ve seen Todd a few times over the years, the last of which was approximately 3 years ago in Dallas. This last show revealed a much less likable Todd Snider than previous concerts. Todd appeared agitated, impatient & hoping for reason to berate audience members. Sadly, I believe his recent slew of music releases to be unlistenable (completely subjective opinion here), only glimpses of what he was once capable of. I believe the peace-loving, pot-smoking, tree-hugging & easygoing hippie persona to be merely persona; the real Todd Snider is an arrogant, entitled & self-destructive individual who needs to retreat from the music scene before any positive legacy is destroyed by musical mediocrity & public embarrassment. I’ll stick with my early memories of & experiences from Todd Snider concerts. Fantastic & enduring.
November 6, 2025 @ 12:43 am
I didn’t like “The Excitement Plan”. Lot of mediocrity since.