Turner denies improper marital conduct
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“(Pam Turner) denies it is her actions which have necessitated the filing of the divorce,” Turner maintained in the answer to her husband’s filing for divorce. Her husband is former Warren County High School basketball coach Chris Turner, who resigned recently.
Mr. Turner filed for divorce this January, even as a 28-count indictment charging sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape was being returned against his wife for her alleged two-month affair with a 13-year-old Centertown basketball player. Mr. Turner maintained in an interview with the Southern Standard the alleged affair did not impact his decision to file for divorce, although inappropriate marital conduct was one of the reasons given, along with irreconcilable differences, for the divorce request. The couple had been married a little over a year before their separation began in late 2004.
It is the inappropriate conduct which Turner is denying in announcing she may counter-sue her husband for divorce.
“As for the allegation that she (Pam Turner) has been guilty of inappropriate marital conduct, the same is denied and strict proof thereof is demanded,” the answer reads. “She admits the parties suffer irreconcilable differences in their marriage but denies that the same entitles her husband to absolute divorce from her.”
With the legal wrangling on both sides, it is unclear whether the Turner divorce will be concluded by the time her criminal trial is set to begin Sept. 14. She has until May 25 to enter a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Turner is under an order restraining her from contacting the alleged teen victim in any form, including that of Internet messaging which was allegedly a spark for the original affair.