Grace Kelley, the daughter of country icon Wynonna Judd, is speaking out about a troubling epoch in Judd family history.
In an interview with The Daily Progress on Wednesday, Kelley accused her former stepfather, D.R. Roach, of sexually abusing her when she was 10. Judd married Roach in 2003, and has previously discussed filing for divorce in 2007 after learning he had been arrested and charged with sexual battery against a minor.
The victim has never been identified, but Kelley told the outlet, “When they found out in counseling what he had done to me, they’re like, ‘Wait a minute. We’re going to report this to law enforcement.'”
“When he was arrested and it came out in the news, that’s when she divorced him,” Kelley continued. “So is my mom rich? Yeah, she’s so rich that she was able to sweep me under the rug and abuse me and then cover it all up. I don’t want to talk bad about my mom, but we’ll just say she’s a good performer. She was never a mother.”
Entertainment Weekly did not immediately hear back from a representative for Judd.
The Tennessee Sex Offender Registry identifies Roach as an offender against children, and lists his date of offense as Feb. 1, 2007.
Looking back on the ordeal in 2010, Judd told Oprah Winfrey that Roach was “out of the house within the hour” she learned of his arrest. “This story is so deep and wide. There’s more to it than I can tell you… Because of the child, I won’t speak about it. It’s their story [to tell] when they’re ready to talk.”
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Wynonna Judd and D.R. Roach
Kelley and her brother Elijah are the products of Judd’s marriage to her first husband, Arch Kelley III. Kelley has been forthcoming about her struggles, telling The Daily Progress, “Between 12 and 17, I was in 14 different facilities.”
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The daughter of the “My Strongest Weakness” singer and granddaughter of the Judds co-founder Naomi Judd was arrested twice last year, just months after completing an eight-year jail sentence for violating the terms of probation for her 2016 arrest for possession of meth. While her daughter was incarcerated, Judd began raising Kelley’s daughter Kaliyah, and continues to parent the 3 year old.
Kelley says she believes that “now’s my time,” explaining that “I never had a voice, and I was iffy about talking about all this stuff, but no matter what is said about me, the Bible says the truth will set you free.”
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