Monica Reed

Sara Evan’s husband charged with domestic violence

LAS VEGAS - APR 3: Sara Evans & Husband arriving at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2011 at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Photo: shutterstock

Sara Evan’s husband charged with domestic violence

This news must have slipped through the cracks, but we learned that former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, who is married to country music singer Sara Evans, was arrested a couple Saturdays ago on a felony domestic violence charge in Tennessee, according to authorities.

According to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Jay Barker was booked into a Nashville county jail early on that Saturday morning,  He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and placed on a $10,000 bond with a 12-hour hold because it was a domestic violence case. He was released 2 Saturday nights ago after posting bond.

A Birmingham local TV news station reported that an arrest affidavit said Barker and the victim are married but separated and currently living separately. The Tennessean reported that the arrest affidavit on file with Metro Nashville General Sessions Court said two people in the vehicle were leaving a party around 1:30 a.m. Saturday when Barker allegedly reversed his vehicle “at a high rate of speed attempting to hit them, but missed.”

Barker is a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, sports radio talk show host. He led Alabama to the national championship in 1992. He won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as the nation’s top upperclassman at the position and was fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1994.

In this video is his statement:

Barker led Alabama to a 35-2-1 record as starting quarterback.

If you are a victim of domestic violence, call the Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233 or click HERE! 

 

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