More Sanctity of Marriage
Charles Edward Hicks, 61, was charged with bigamy in Fairfax County, Va., after a string of marriages. Hicks has married seven times over the past 40 years, and remains married to two women, prosecutors say. Here’s where it gets complicated: when Hicks married wife No. 7, they say, he was still married to No. 6. But his marriage to No. 6 may not have been a legal marriage because he was still married to No. 5 at the time. He was granted a divorce from No. 5 three weeks later, and now wife No. 6 has asked prosecutors to charge him with bigamy in that case as well. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Katie Swart has dropped all charges until she can sort it all out. (Washington Post) ...Which motion she made to the judge by saying, “Not now — I have a headache.”
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