Expert: Aaron Shifferly - 7/3/2011

Question
My husband is in the army... A few nights ago we were having a few drinks with his buddy before he leaves korea.. Well me and my husband started arguing.. And his friends tried to calm me down but i ended up falling and busting my lip.. I left and got caught by the mps the i refused to tell them what happen so i lied but now . They are trying to say that my husband hit me. And he is getting assult and battery charges and underage drinking charges. But can they punish him for underage drinking if he was sleeping at home when thay came to get him and can they charge him for assault even though he didnt put his hands on me?

Answer
Yes. If your husband is underage and he was drinking he can be punished for it.  They will charge him with assault because they think he did put his hands on you.  Oftentimes they will do the assault charges because during a domestic one spouse will try to cover for the other one.  Just because he was charged with something doesn't mean he will be convicted, especially if you support the assertion that it didnt happen.