RICHARD SEYMOUR’S WIFE CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE LYNCHING

New England Patriots star defensive end Richard Seymour’s wife, Tanya Seymour, was arrested and charged today with two counts of second-degree lynching following an investigation into an alleged assault at a New Year’s Eve party in Richland County, South Carolina. According to Mediatakeout.com, there’s a scandalous subplot to why this happened. The Web site reports that Tanya Seymour and her friends were dispensing some “good old-fashioned Southern justice.” That’s because Richard Seymour had allegedly strayed from his marriage vows to his high school sweetheart, Tanya Seymour. According to another more straightforward report, the arrest of Tanya Seymour stemmed from two victims being assaulted by several people after 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. The victims said they were “jumped,” telling law enforcement authorities that they were invited to the party where they got into an argument with other attendees. Tanya Seymour, 27, allegedly punched the women numerous times in the face and body, according to police reports, with one victim incurring a “busted lip and contusions under her right eye and to her finger,” with the other victim “sustained a bruise to her left arm, scratches to her face and a sprained right wrist.” A sore scalp was also reported because of some hair-pulling. Seymour was identified from a photo lineup. UPDATE I: According to Section 16-3-220 from the South Carolina Code of Laws covering Offenses Against the Person, here’s the law governing second-degree lynching: “Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person and from which death does not result shall constitute the crime of lynching in the second degree and shall be a felony. Any person found guilty of lynching in the second degree shall be confined at hard labor in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding twenty years nor less than three years, at the discretion of the presiding judge.” UPDATE II: Tanya Seymour is free on $5,000 bail, the State (S.C) newspaper reports, and couldn’t be reached for comment.