Why are Jay Barker and Sara Evans separated?

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Sunday, May 19, 2024

Jay Barker is facing the law after allegedly assaulting his wife Sara Evans this weekend.

The retired American football quarterback on Saturday (January 15, 2022) was busted by the police in Nashville over an alleged assault against his wife.

He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and subsequently placed on a 12-hour hold in the Davidson County Jail.

Barker was later released after posting a $10,000 bond at 7:30 Saturday night.

Per reports, the incident happened while Evans was leaving a party at her neighbor’s home. She was reportedly chased by her husband on her way back home in a friend’s vehicle

Evans told police that she saw Barker “backing up his vehicle at a high rate of speed attempting to hit them but missed.”

The report continued that Barker then allegedly drove away and Evans phoned the police. He later returned to the scene and spoke with responding officers, officials said. After speaking with several witnesses, he was reportedly arrested.

He is scheduled to appear in court in March.

Why are Jay Barker and Sara Evans separated?

Jay Barker and Sara Evans have been married for 14 years. The couple tied the knot in 2008.

Until the recent development, Baker and Evans, who is an American country musician, lived in Mountain Brook, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. The couple lived with Barker’s four children and Evans’ three children.

However, according to affidavits in Barker’s domestic abuse claims, they are separated and no longer lived together.

It is unclear why the couple have been separated, however, some fans have speculated on Evan’s Instagram page that she is the cause of their separation.

Other’s cited domestic violence and cheating on the part of Baker as the cause of their separation.

This story is developing…

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