NATION : Barry’s Wife Moves Out of House
Mayor Marion Barry’s wife, who stood by her husband during his three-month drug and perjury trial, has moved out on him.
“There is no official change in the marital status,” Lurma Rackley, the mayor’s press secretary, said. “That is all we can say right now.”
Effi Barry moved out of the house the couple share and into an apartment complex Monday with their 10-year-old son to be closer to his school, sources close to Barry said.
“She has said Christopher needed to be out of that situation where there were so many bad memories,” an unidentified friend told the Washington Post. “She needed to be in a situation where he could have a fresh start.”
Barry is appealing a misdemeanor cocaine possession conviction and a six-month prison term. He lost a bid for a City Council seat Nov. 6.
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