Another Wife Speaks Up

A woman has told a newspaper that the woman Minnesota Vikings defensive end James Harris is accused of hitting isn’t his wife, because she is.

Harris remained in jail Monday without bail on suspicion of third-degree assault, pending possible charges. He was arrested Friday night.

“I’ve been bombarded with phone calls from friends and family wondering if I am OK,” Bonnie Harris told the Star Tribune. “I am fine. This girl in the hospital is not his wife. As far as I heard, you can only have one at a time.”

Still, police maintain the woman who said Harris hit her is his wife.

His agent, Jeff Durand, said Sunday night Harris filed for a divorce from Bonnie Harris in early 1994, but their divorce has been “complicated in the Philadelphia court system.”

He declined to give the name of the other woman. But, Durand said, “I would prefer that she is referred to as James’ wife.”

Durand said Harris and the woman told him the two of them had been drinking, had an argument and slapped each other.