Jay Barker, former Alabama QB and husband to Sara Evans, receives conviction following domestic incident
Jay Barker, the former Alabama quarterback, was convicted on Thursday of reckless endangerment not involving a weapon, which is a misdemeanor.
The news came from according to Kris Mumford, public information officer with the Metro Nashville Police Department, via AL.com. Barker is on probation for reckless endangerment in Tennessee after he was charged with a felony in a January incident involving his estranged wife, country singer Sara Evans. After that incident, Barker was charged with felony aggravated felony assault with a weapon.
It was not clear if Barker was found guilty or pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Barker, 49, of Hoover, was given supervised probation for 11 months and 29 days, Mumford said. He is scheduled for a probation hearing on May 11, 2023, according to court records.
Barker is the school’s all-time winningest quarterback with a 35-2-1 record as a starter, and won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award in 1994 as a senior. He finished fifth in Heisman Trophy voting that year.
Court documents filed at the time of the incident in January said Barker tried to run over 2 people who were leaving a party around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday.
As they pulled into the driveway of a nearby home, Barker allegedly reversed his vehicle “at a high rate of speed attempting to hit them, but missed,” according to the arrest affidavit.
The vehicle’s occupants contacted police after Barker drove away from the home, the affidavit states. Police made contact with Barker when he later drove by the house.
The affidavit said Barker and the victim are married but separated and currently living separately. The report states there was probable cause to believe Barker did unlawfully attempt to strike the victim with a vehicle.
The use of the term ‘conviction is quite loose. A slap on the wrist. With a wet noodle. In the dark so no pictures can document that the noodle was actually used. Attempted murder would have been more appropriate. By backing his vehicle up shows intent. Amy is probably thinking ‘I knew it.’
Who is Amy?
Jay Barker’s first wife.
Sounds like Jay “BARKERED” up the wrong tree.
GET IT?????
allegedly
No he tried to strike their car. Her and her lover. There to no doubt torture him. Lots of sane people might do the same. Love makes you do strange things.
Negan
Maybe he just backed up fast to see who she was with fast. Then left fast! The X called the police and told her own story???
Negan
Pathetic justice system in action! Hopefully the University of Alabama will disassociate themselves from Barker for good! Wow! You can attempt to murder two people by running over them with a vehicle and not even have a felony charge. Simply amazing! Apparently, Jay does not handle rejection well.
Actually, he was charged with a felony. I’m sure his counsel negotiated a sweet deal for him. Hopefully this will send him a message that the marriage is over and he should mind his P’s and Q’s. Barker and Evans are both known to have fidelity problems and there are now 7 kids going through a second divorce.
“Barker and Evans are both known to have fidelity problems and there are now 7 kids going through a second divorce.”
A future country song in the making.
crimsonus, if OJ still has his Heisman, then surely Barker can keep his Bama records. No knock on Bama, just our justice system.
I am pleasantly surprised all of the Georgia trolls weren’t commenting on this one. lol.
I hear you, it’s a shame when the Georgia boys show and trigger yet another puussyboy meltdown epidemic
btw, how do you take your douches – on the rocks, with a lemon twist, shaken, with one of those little umbrellas?
Apparently Jay didn’t see the suds in the bucket.
You can do better than that one, jorts.
Jay “BARKERED” up the wrong tree.
Come on jorts, puns. PUNS BABY!!!
You can get the boy out of Alabamastan but you can’t get the Alabamastan out of the boy …
Do what?
If you’re first reaction is pathetic justice system thaen your probable a detached ignorant. Law will always bend for the rich, powerful, highly influential, or good ole boys in the south. So no suprise some gubber with money to plea down to a lesser charge.
The arrest affidavit written by an Auburn fan, no doubt.
Barker entered a best interest plea under North Carolina v. Alford. It essentially means he denied he was guilty but agreed the State had sufficient evidence to convict him. He can do that because the law allows him to do it, but he knows he is guilty.
Just another Alabama story. Pretty soon the “A Florida Man…” stories will be replaced with “A Bama Man…”.
Why run them over Jay? You can always work the divorced 90’s cheerleader circuit. Could be worse.
Barker should have expected he would eventually be benched or traded for a younger ‘player’