Overview
- Grace Kelley says former stepfather D. R. Roach molested her at age 10 and that disclosure during counseling prompted a report to authorities.
- Roach was arrested in 2007, later pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit aggravated sexual battery, and remains on Tennessee’s sex offender registry.
- Wynonna Judd filed for divorce days after Roach’s arrest and has previously said she removed him from the home immediately.
- Kelley reports new sobriety following multiple 2024 arrests, including a church van incident that led to a plea deal and six weeks in jail, and says she was baptized in Charlottesville and is writing a memoir.
- Judd is caring for Kelley’s 3-year-old daughter, and no new public response from Judd to Kelley’s allegations has been reported.