Court Document Revealed in Sara Evans Divorce Case

Posted by amyclark on 08/16/2008
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9/8/2007 Stephen L. Betts In a 118-page court document filed this week, Sara Evans is asked to answer questions ranging from what medications she's taking to the details of allegations of nearly a dozen extramarital affairs. The Tennessean reports that the document, filed in Williamson County chancery court Tuesday by attorneys for Sara's husband Craig Schelske, asks the singer to admit under oath and penalty of perjury as to whether she had "an affair/sexual relationship/romantic involvement" with upwards of 11 people, including other artists, such as Kenny Chesney, Richard Marx and Tony Dovolani, her former Dancing With The Stars partner, any of her band members, or members of the band 3 Doors Down (Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson). The questions are included in interrogatories, which are documents used to obtain information from opposing parties during legal proceedings. Sara has not yet responded to the questions, and the court filings provide no evidence that she actually had relationships with any of the named people. The newspaper states that John Hollins Sr., Sara's attorney, said he could not comment because of a court-issued gag order, and that Sara's publicist and her estranged husband's attorney did not return calls seeking comment. The document also asks Sara Evans to: • "Discuss in detail the romantic communication between you and Chesney. Include in your answer whether he sent flowers; expressed emotions of love and/or physical attraction; and whether the two of you communicated by cell phone or calls to your home, all unknown to your husband continuing to present." • "List and/or describe each text message you sent and received to or from Dovolani including, but not limited to the 'I love you,' 'good morning darling,' which Schelske viewed the night before you filed for divorce and terminated Allison Clinton Lee." Sara filed for divorce Oct. 12, 2006, the day after a blow-up between the couple in a Los Angeles restaurant, after which police were called to the scene. In previous court filings, Craig Schelske alleged that he had learned of his wife's "intimate relationship" during the dinner, which had led to an argument. The interrogatory also requests that Sara Evans provide all records and communications between herself and a plethora of friends and colleagues, including country artists Martina McBride and Chely Wright and Dancing With The Stars co-stars Mario Lopez, Willa Ford and Joey Lawrence. Court documents do not state by when Sara and her attorneys must respond. A hearing in the case is set for Sept. 28 in Hickman County, Tennessee.