Judd Refuses To Talk About Ex-husband’s Conviction To Protect Young Victim
By WENNWednesday, September 15, 2010
Country star WYNONNA JUDD refuses to speak about her ex-husband’s sexual battery conviction, because she knows the young victim.
D.R. Roach was arrested for the sexual assault of a pre-teen in March, 2007, while Judd was touring - and she admits the scandal took her completely by surprise.
She insists she has since forgiven Roach for what he put her through - but she’ll never forget what he did.
Now she can only wait for his victim to come of age and speak out about what transpired - because she doesn’t feel comfortable going into detail about what happened to a child she knows.
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on U.S. TV on Tuesday (14Sep10), the singer admitted she feels for the family involved in the scandal: “They’re in a process and I had to separate from it or it would have killed me… That’s what’s so scary, it is someone that you know… There’s trust there, there’s a bond.
“This story is so deep and wide, there’s more to it than I can tell you, just because it’s a child I won’t speak about it; it’s their story when they’re ready to talk about it.”
But Judd still lives with the nightmare of learning her then-husband had a sick streak: “He was out of the house within the hour. I set really strong boundaries… I trusted him with my life.
“I called him everything I could think of. I had a moment when I let it all fly and then it was done… I just moved forward.
“He’s in recovery and he’s sober and that’s what matters to me now… I haven’t forgotten but I have forgiven… I don’t wish him dead or anything like that, I just wish to be one of those people that doesn’t spend my life being defined by that.”
