THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, January 6, 1997 TAG: 9701060110
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: PEOPLE
LENGTH: 23 lines
Clarence Clemons, a saxophonist nicknamed ``The Big Man'' who played with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, faces a court hearing today in Palm Beach County, Fla., on charges that he beat his girlfriend.
Clemons, a Chesapeake native, was arrested Friday at his home in Riviera Beach and remained jailed Sunday without bond on a domestic battery warrant.
Clemons, 54, was scheduled to appear in court today in Monroe County on the Florida Keys, where he allegedly attacked the woman on Dec. 6.
Sharlene Smalley, 50, said she and Clemons were arguing while visiting a friend in Islamorada when he pushed her to the ground, and later that night threw her into a wall, kicked her and punched her repeatedly.
Authorities said she suffered a cut below one eye that required stitches, bruises around both eyes, and other various bruises and scratches. ILLUSTRATION: Clarence Clemons