Wynonna Judd's Husband Arrested In Texas

She Files For Divorce From D.R. Roach After Charges Of Sexual Assault On Child

(CBS)  The husband of country singer Wynonna Judd was arrested March 22 in Texas and charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery on a child under the age of 13, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department confirmed to The ShowBuzz on Tuesday.

In a post on her Web site Tuesday, Judd said she filed for divorce from her estranged husband, D.R. Roach, citing irreconcilable differences, and named the charges against him.

"I am obviously devastated. Our family will pull together, begin the healing process and hopefully — by the Grace of God — become stronger. We will move forward with our faith, family and our friends to find resolution to this difficult situation," Judd said.

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A spokesperson from the Taylor County Jail in Texas said that a warrant was issued in Tennessee for Daniel Roach and that he's being held on $750,000 bond. The message on Judd's Web site said that Roach had been seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at the Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas, since Feb. 21, 2007.

2The National Enquirer reports that Roach was arrested at the rehab center, the same facility where Judd battled a food addiction a year ago.

Roach was Judd's longtime bodyguard before he married the singer in 2003. Judd was previously married to Arch Kelley, they divorced in 1999 and have two children, Elijah, 12, and Grace, 10.

In an interview with Ladies Home Journal last year, Judd revealed that she was considering having more children with Roach.

"What the heck, I'm gonna see if I can, crazier things have happened. (My daughter) Grace says, 'I'd like a black sister or brother' — she's around my singers, and most of them are black — and I say, 'Be quiet and do your homework.' But I do think I may adopt," she said.

Judd told the magazine that she kept her marriage on track with counseling. "We do workshops and couples counseling. We've learned how to confront one another, to say how we feel. We don't blame and shame. You claim what it is you're upset about and you set it free," she said

The singer recently cohosted CMT's "Nashville Star" for its fourth season. She performed at the BB&T Legends concert series in Louisville, Ky., over the weekend.

[texaslegends]

I don't believe the offense occurred in Texas. Roach is being held on bond as a fugitive from Tennessee. He was arrested at a treatment center in Buffalo Gap, a small community just outside of Abilene, Texas. I guess she thought she knew the guy, but ladies, it just goes to show .... What a creep!

[kevzgrl]

To ajaxrose1:
You need to read the article a little better, Wy has a son and a daughter.
That being said, I wholeheartedly agree - what does go through some men's heads? I believe there is a special place in H**l for someone who would harm a child, under or over 13. Here in Ohio, they just found a man in Columbus guilty of murder of a 5 year old little girl, who he kidnapped, raped and killed. His first trial, before they found her skull, he was found guilty of the kidnap and not guilty of rape, despite the fact that they found her DNA on his privates, no murder because they had not found the body yet. I'd sure like to know what that jury was smoking - don't think she consented to *** with him, do you? If Mr. Roach is found guilty, they ought to lock him up for the rest of his natural (or unnatural) life - Wynona is well rid of him, and she is a strong, capable woman - she will rise above this. She and the children are in my prayers.

[kirstinharr]

Why, oh why did it have to happen in Texas? We really are a good bunch of folks here but a few bad apples make the state a laughingstock sometimes. Wynonna is larger than life, she's stronger than even she realizes and she will make it through this. Cannot imagine what was going through that man's mind. A CHILD younger than 13??? Someone, please explain it to me...

[ajaxrose1]

That's a shame. What gets into some of these guys heads? Wy is strong; she'll be okay. I just hope neither of her daughters were in any way harmed.