Democratic NC House candidate to stay in race after being jailed
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WSOC) — Democratic state house candidate Sabrina Berry plans to stay in the race despite being jailed for 11 days.
She was released from the Mecklenburg County Jail last Friday after serving time for a contempt of court charge.
“I’m a working-class candidate with real-life experience,” Berry told Channel 9′s Joe Bruno. “You don’t know what’s broken if, you know, if you haven’t been in it to see what’s broken.”
The contempt charge stems from a messy and lengthy custody dispute with the father of Berry’s daughter. He claims Berry wasn’t allowing him to see their daughter during his scheduled visitation periods. A judge sided with him. The incident stems from 2023 but other contempt filings are still pending. In several court filings, he also accuses her of sexual abuse. She adamantly denies sexual abuse wrongdoing. She claims the allegations were investigated and she was cleared. She isn’t facing any additional criminal charges.
“It was unfounded,” she said. “Case closed.”
