Her Husband, Craig Schelske, also a native of Salem, is the Chairman of CRAIG PAC, a national political action committee dedicated to electing Republicans at the federal and state level. The couple moved to Oregon in 1992.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - On Thursday, country music singer-songwriter Sara Evans filed for divorce from her husband Craig Schelske.
The couple married in 1993.
Recent events that shed light on the status of her marriage prompted Evans to make the filing, which was registered Thursday with a court in Tennessee, where Evans resides.
A mother of three, Evans felt it was in her children’s best interest that she also withdraw from competition on Dancing With the Stars, an ABC television series that she has been part of this fall, to give her family her full attention at this difficult time.
The 35-year-old Evans says hopes that her fans and TV viewers who’ve supported her in recent weeks and throughout her music career will respect and understand her need for privacy in the face of these recent events.
Schelske, 43, a native of Salem, in 2002 ran as a Republican for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District seat against Democratic nominee Brian Boquist.
Boquist won by nearly a 2 to 1 margin.
Some media outlets are reporting that according to the divorce papers, Evans accuses her husband was emotionally and verbally abusive, drank heavily, and watched porn frequently in their home.
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