Roger Harvey/Eyewitness News
Noblesville, Jan. 17 - After spending the entire weekend in jail, the wife of Indianapolis Colts cornerback Nick Harper is free on $5,000 bond. Daniell Harper is accused of stabbing her husband in the knee during a domestic dispute over the weekend.
Pretrial hearings were set for March 21 and May 15, and her trial was set for June 6.
Her mother paid a cash bond to get Daniell out of jail.
Police arrested Daniell Saturday after she stabbed her husband in the right leg above the knee. Prosecutors originally charged Daniell with criminal recklessness and battery, but the court dropped the battery charge since Daniell and Nick both said the stabbing was an accident.
Bill Wendling is Daniell's attorney. "I was happy to see the court saw there was no probable cause for the C battery."
The Harpers and their three children live in a west Carmel home. Investigators say a conversation there Saturday turned into a confrontation when Daniell got upset with Nick, waved a knife and stabbed him.
Police went to the home last June and arrested Nick Harper for domestic battery. Court records state he hit his wife in the stomach and face approximately 20 times.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp says the two police runs are troubling. "Probably in conjunction that there had been a previous report from that relationship, you get the sense things are escalating a bit and that also needs to be addressed."
Eyewitness News obtained a letter Daniell wrote the court last July stating she and her husband were attending couple counseling. She also stated, "I do not fear for the safety of myself or my children."
Prosecutor Leerkamp says she's concerned about the couple's children. "When it starts escalating into physical violence that is so traumatic for children, and it imprints on them, this is how you deal with conflict in a relationship and it perpetuates itself."
