South Carolina state Rep. Chris Corley was one of the most ardent defenders of keeping the Confederate flag. After his fellow Republicans voted to remove the flag from the state capitol grounds, he sent them a Christmas card with a picture of the removed flag and the suggestion they “ask for forgiveness of all your sins such as betrayal.” It’s such a story, I included it below.
A year later, his wife confronted him about infidelity. He beat her so badly her head was bleeding. He held a gun to her head. He did this in front of their children. He took her phone so she could not call 911, though she cleverly used her Apple watch to call 911. The recording has their 2-year-old son saying “Please stop daddy.”
He plead guilty in a plea agreement that gave him five years probation, mainly thanks to his wife pleading for leniency. She claimed he had bipolar disorder. She said she wanted to keep the family together, so with the plea agreement and her request, there was no jail time. Despite the gift of five years probation, he was back in two years asking for probation to be suspended and it was.
- Greenville: Republican sends Confederate flag Christmas card to colleagues
- Post and Courier: Former South Carolina Rep. Chris Corley pleads guilty to domestic violence charges, sentenced to five years probation
- Aiken Standard: Prosecutor – Chris Corley took his wife’s phone, bit her nose
- Aiken Standard: Probation ends for former S.C. Rep. Chris Corley who plead guilty in domestic violence case
05 Jan 2017
08 August 2017