Joe Craig
Marlena Wesh
Today SportsTalk contacted three different law offices and talked with one former solicitor to get their opinions on how the case involving Clemson athletes Joe Craig and Marlena Wesh was handled by the Clemson University police department.
Neither Craig nor Wesh were charged in the case because the Police Captain said neither wanted to press charges and the department always respects the wishes of the victims. The police report also indicates alcohol was involved in the incident. Craig and Wesh are both under 21 years old.
Almost every legal expert we spoke to agreed that under most circumstances one or both of the individuals involved in an altercation that involves injuries to this extent would have been arrested and charged. It is however important to note that, despite the fact this incident involved a male and a female it is not a case of criminal domestic violence, which usually comes with more enforcement. Instead it is a case of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
