Zac Stacy’s baby mama Kristin Evans alerted the world to the abuse she was taking from Stacy by releasing a video on social media of him throwing her into a TV while their baby watched.
She also documented a pattern of abuse from Stacy.
Now that Stacy is being punished for his crimes, she doesn’t want him to go to jail.
On Monday, he appeared in court in Orange County and received his sentencing — six months in jail and one year of probation.
Despite this, Evans, who shares son ZJ with Stacy, spoke out in response to the sentencing on Instagram Tuesday morning, advocating for mental health treatment rather than jail time.
“People who are willing to put in work to be better, deserve an opportunity to show that they can be better,” she wrote in the video’s caption.
Evans said that at first, following the attack in 2021, Stacy “showed no signs of remorse and he ran to another state, so I released the videos so he would get arrested.”
In the time since then, however, she said the former NFL running back had made significant improvements to his life.
“I have to speak to this man and exchange a child and co-parent a child with this man for the rest of my life,” Evans said. She also expressed that she “didn’t advocate for jail” because of “the lack of resources, the lack of rehabilitation, the lack of education for mental health, and the psychological effect it may have on our son, having already developed a relationship with his father.”
At the close of her post, she asked for “grace in understanding” that she’s not “being easy” on her ex-boyfriend, but trying to protect her son “from anymore trauma.”
What do you think?
Do you think if Stacy has shown progress, he should have been shown grace, and how much did playing football contribute to his behavior?
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