{"id":1975989,"date":"2025-08-23T11:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1975989"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:13:05","slug":"country-music-icon-accused-of-failing-to-protect-10-year-old-against-sex-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-music-icon-accused-of-failing-to-protect-10-year-old-against-sex-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music icon accused of failing to protect 10-year-old against sex abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EJSYBCHHMFHT7DWKY2CRZQWHCE\">Grace Kelley, the daughter of country music legend Wynonna Judd, was in the headlines plenty last year, and none of it was good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Z4ONIMQZGFE35C5VKX4YE2FEW4\">She was arrested three times, and things were not rough for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X52MSWPUQVEZNHPUKV7W5ITVUM\">But now the 29-year-old is speaking out about her issues, and what she has to say is disturbing to say the least, and it doesn\u2019t shine a good light on the country music legend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WVSA2IPFNJBJTBYGKYO4HYS5KA\">Kelley told The Daily Progress that her stepfather, D.R. Roach, sexually abused her when she was 10 years old, and that Wynonna failed to protect her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NL7422X6DFAEJOMKMXAVPAEYLE\">Judd divorced Roach in Sept. 2007, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/wynonna-judd-daughter-grace-kelley-claims-stepdad-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/wynonna-judd-daughter-grace-kelley-claims-stepdad-abuse\/\"><b>according to Taste of Country, <\/b><\/a>after he was arrested on charges of sexually battery of a minor, but Kelley claims the truth had already come out during family counseling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JRIKOQZNVNEPBP24SIHQHXBV5U\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk bad about my mom, but we\u2019ll just say she\u2019s a good performer,\u201d Kelley said. \u201cShe was never a mother.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TALZPYSFJZH2TDRNR6Q73ZQEVY\">According to Taste of Country, Roach eventually pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit aggravated sexual battery and is still listed on Tennessee\u2019s sex offender registry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PZLHLTISBBBKVEPGXS63A6BNRQ\">The good news coming from Kelley is that she said she is sober now, has embraced religion, and is living in Virginia where she is rebuilding her life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4OHIZAASENBPBDPAWAGJFL2DKU\">Judd meanwhile is raising Kelley\u2019s 3-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X23FCP73UFCUHLIUMAWSDMQ6PA\">Taste of Country noted that Judd told Oprah in 2010 that she went into \u201cmama bear mode\u201d when the accusations against her ex-husband emerged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SRT7YQWAJZGKBDVD77ALA3I24Q\">Kelley third arrest of 2024 came back on Oct. 27 in Albemarle County, Virginia. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/music\/other\/wynonna-judd-s-daughter-grace-kelley-back-in-jail-after-she-was-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-church-van\/ar-AA1v8T8m?ocid=BingNewsVerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><b>PEOPLE Magazine<\/b><\/a> reported that Kelley was facing seven charges, including three counts of felony grand larceny for that incident. The site said she was also charged with driving without a license, destruction of property with intent, failure to use headlights and setting in motion a vehicle with intent to commit a crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HBN74UNFJZDBVO4D5MWM2PMUPA\">Kelley was accused of stealing a Charlottesville area church\u2019s van. A GoFundMe launched by the church to help pay for a new van said that the vehicle was \u201cstolen from in front of our pastor\u2019s homes by Grace Pauline Kelley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MKKRETIUQFDJ7H7NKHXYNKWSRA\">Kent Hart, the church\u2019s pastor, reportedly chased Kelley down when she was pulling out of his driveway in the van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JKK4SOULHRGYJC3J2KRJSFSAZU\">Kelley also had some disturbing run-ins with the law earlier in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WAGW3H7R4RAPFEDU7SCLAPS25Q\">She was arrested in Georgia in August and charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving with a suspended\/revoked license and not using motorcycle equipment properly, per PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5X5WJTQ5NBF7TEDUBUCBQMJAK4\">She was also reportedly arrested in Alabama in April and she was accused of exposing \u201cher breasts and lower body\u201d along a busy highway there.<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_pennlive__kbzmP\" data-gaid=\":Rrhaq6:\"\/><\/div>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.<span> By using this site, you consent to our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Kelley, the daughter of country music legend Wynonna Judd, was in the headlines plenty last year, and none of it was good. She was arrested three times, and things were not rough for her. But now the 29-year-old is speaking out about her issues, and what she has to say is disturbing to say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}