It’s called many different things, but domestic assault is a nasty crime by any name. Both Chris Cagle and Jennifer Tant managed to get themselves jailed on misdemeanor domestic assault charges, but it could as well have been battering, family violence, domestic abuse, or several other forms of domestic violence.

The most brutal version is arguably sexual assault, although there’s a special place in hell for those who abuse children too. Too few women (who are usualy the victims of spousal abuse) seek the help of a divorce lawyer till it’s too late. At least in the case of Jennifer Tant and Chris Cagle, no divorce attorneys need to get involved, but they obviously could use some couples counseling of some sort.

Nowadays, there are laws in place in many states (not sure if that includes Tennessee, but I suspect it does) that require the police to react to reports of a domestic conflict in every instance.

Family violence affects thousands of people each year, even famous celebrities like Chris Cagle. It can be anything from physical abuse to emotional abuse. Chris, even nasty words to Jennifer can constitute domestic abuse so you’d better watch your mouth too

Thanks goodness, times have changed and we no longer face the situation where a woman would report that her husband had beaten her, and the police would call it a “domestic matter” and do nothing about it. It used to be that the man was viewed as the head of the home, and whatever he wanted to do was thought to be his business. Nowadays, the police would try hard to find a safe place for the woman, where she could get counseling and learn about her options for a divorce attorney.