McMurphy also reported Smith was arrested in 2009 when he was an assistant coach at the University of Florida under Urban Meyer. He would have faced a charge of aggravated battery on Courtney Smith, who was 8-10 weeks pregnant at the time, but she declined to press charges.
According to McMurphy, a Gainesville Police incident report stated Zach Smith picked Courtney up âby grabbing her T-shirt and threw her against the bedroom wall located upstairs in their apartment.â
Ohio State reacted to the Smith news on Monday.
"We are not going to comment at this time on the situation regarding Zach Smith,â a spokesman said. âThis is a personnel matter and we donât typically discuss such matters publicly. We are continuing to monitor."
Zach Smith's's attorney, Brad Koffel, spoke about the May incident on 610 WTVN Radio on Wednesday. He said Zach and Courtney have been divorced for a couple of years and have two kids and a joint plan for shared parenting.
On May 12, Koffel said Zach was returning their son to Courtney. The exact location hadnât been discussed.
âThey were texting each other as to where to meet,â Koffel said. âShe told him to meet at their apartment complex clubhouse. He drove there. She wasnât there. He dropped the son off at her apartment. She was waiting for him with her cell phone out and took a picture of him in her driveway. He left. Then she called the Powell police and said it was trespassing. She never presented a shared parenting plan to the police department. She never presented a shared parenting plan to the Delaware Prosecutorâs Office, and a criminal complaint was filed against Zach. He was never arrested. He went to the Powell (police department) to pick up the criminal trespassing complaint. At no point did he violate the shared parenting plan, and we entered a not guilty on June 5. Thatâs it.â
Smith, the grandson of former Ohio State head coach Earle Bruce, is entering his seventh season on Urban Meyerâs staff. He has a son, Cameron, and a daughter, Quinn Olivia.
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