Rodney Atkins has filed for divorce after the assault allegations made by his wife, Tammy Jo...
Yesterday morning TMZ posted the story that included a mug shot of Rodney, apparently taken last month when Rodney was arrested for domestic assault. Tammy Jo called the police claiming that Rodney had allegedly tried to smother her with a pillow.
Rodney denies all allegations of abuse and has now filed for divorce. An official statement from Rodney’s Attorney was posted on Rodney’s Facebook page yesterday saying, "This was an unfortunate verbal dispute between Mr. and Mrs. Atkins within hearing range of their child, and when Mr. Atkins realized their child was in hearing range of the argument, his first priority became getting out of the earshot of the child, and that is when Mrs. Atkins called the police and gave them her version of the argument, which is completely untrue. Mr. Atkins realized that he would have no recourse but to file a complaint for divorce."
The statement also says that no harm came to his son Elijah or to Mrs. Atkins… and that “the police did not witness any assault because none occurred." It goes on to say that Rodney that Rodney has been spending “substantial” time with Elijah and that he plans to spend “significant time with his child over the Christmas holidays.”
The statement ends with a thank you message from Rodney to fans “for standing by him as he is confident the truth will prevail."
The Official Statement from Rodney Atkins' Attorney is below:
"This was an unfortunate verbal dispute between Mr. and Mrs. Atkins within hearing range of their child, and when Mr. Atkins realized their child was in hearing range of the argument his first priority became getting out of the earshot of the child, and that is when Mrs. Atkins called the Police and gave them her version of the argument, which is completely untrue. Mr. Atkins realized that he would have no recourse but to file a complaint for divorce. Since filing the complaint for divorce he has exercised substantial parenting time with the parties’ son and he will continue to do so while the divorce is pending. The criminal complaint does not allege that any harm came to the child or Mrs. Atkins and as a result the Court has not prohibited Mr. Atkins from having parenting time with his son. Under Tennessee state law, anyone can swear out a warrant to the police and have a warrant issued to an arrest. Obviously that is the case here, since according to the explicit terms of the warrant, it’s entirely based on the word of Mrs. Atkins. The police did not witness any assault because none occurred. The police did not witness any violence between Mr. and Mrs. Atkins. It is entirely based on her word.
Mr. Atkins plans to spend significant time with his child over the Christmas holidays and respectfully requests privacy at this time. Mr. Atkins wants to thank his fans for standing by him as he is confident the truth will prevail.
This report is issued by Rose Palermo, Nashville, Tn., attorney for Rodney Atkins."
To go to Rodney Atkins' Facebook Page, Click HERE.
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