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Adams read a statement and said he will have no other comment until Tuesday. Evans was arrested late Wednesday in Atlanta. He was charged with DUI and failure to maintain a lane. Also arrested with him was Courtney Fuhrmann, who was charged with disorderly conduct. Evans said Thursday Fuhrmann is "just a friend." According to the incident report louis Hermes Birkin bag, the arresting officer said Fuhrmann told him she had been seeing Evans for "only a week or so." Evans and his wife, Kerri louis vuitton bag, have two children. He apologized to his wife Thursday as she attended his news conference. Evans became the Southeastern Conference's first black athletic director in 2004. There was no immediate word on a replacement.
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