Just a reminder that Corch sure can pick ’em.
A domestic violence civil protection order was filed against Ohio State wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Zach Smith on Friday.
The protection order, filed by Smith’s ex-wife Courtney Smith, 33, was served at 6:10 p.m. Friday, according to a City of Delaware (Ohio) police spokesperson.
The order continues a history of domestic violence allegations against Zach Smith.
In 2009, when he was a University of Florida assistant, he was arrested for aggravated battery on a pregnant victim, according to a Gainesville Police Department report. Courtney Smith was 8-10 weeks pregnant at the time.
That alleged assault occurred on June 21, 2009 – the Smith’s one-year wedding anniversary. Courtney Smith, however, ultimately decided not to press charges.
On Wednesday, Zach Smith, 34, also was charged with a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing, according to an arrest report from Delaware Municipal Court. The criminal trespassing charge was for dropping their son off at his ex-wife’s house – and not at a pre-arranged public place – which was a violation of an earlier criminal trespass warning. That warning was provided to him on Dec. 19, 2017, according to the criminal complaint.
Ohio State and coach Urban Meyer have not issued a comment on Smith…
Oh, I’m sure they will, just as soon as some PR flack can find the perfect way to express both their deep sorrow and total surprise about how something like that could happen. That’s how the pros do it.
Get The Picture 
Didn’t shoot up an apartment complex or use a dead girl’s credit cards, so he is good to go.
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Is it a conflict of interest for Huntley Johnson to represent 2 schools?
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Huntley doesn’t represent schools. He only represents innocent people.
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My bad!
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Top 1% of the top 1% indeed.
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What a cess pool.
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At least the PR Dept didn’t express “thoughts and prayers” to salve over lack of responsibility for this guy who just happened to latch onto Meyer and follow him all the way from FU with his ex-wife and child. Enabling social miscreants seems to be a side thing with Meyer.
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Domestic violence is a serious problem but as an attorney I have seen/heard of plenty of those that were bogus. I still believe in innocent until proven guilty. So Zach Smith’s ex swore out another warrant against him. When somebody else does it let me know. This woman tried to get the guy into trouble because he dropped the kid off at her house instead of the local McDonalds.
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Agree, seems like a reach to me…IF he’s that bad of a guy, why is she letting him be around the kid unsupervised?
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You realize that isn’t her decision, right? The courts decide that.
Some of you will always reach to defend the man who beats women. It’s amazing. That’s how we have Trump I guess.
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Say what you will about Trump, and I won’t disagree 99.99% of the time probably, but there has never been any actual physical violence against women in his past, so saying that’s he in any way condones men beating women or that’s how we got him is a stretch.
Bill, “Better put some ice on” Clinton, on the other hand….
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That is ridiculously untrue. Unless you don’t consider sexual assault “violent.” Most women would disagree.
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I didn’t defend a man who beat a woman. The woman is the issue, without evidence, no charges. She chose that route. She chose to let the guy hang around in her life. Not me.
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How do you know there is no evidence?
You’re siding with the man by default. That says a lot about you.
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It’s called “burden of proof” and “innocent until proven guilty.” Fundamental tenants of a free society. You’re siding with someone who swears out a warrant with no proof then drops the charges.
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If he’s so bad why is he being charged with criminal trespassing? Obviously he doesn’t appear to care about what the court has ruled. I’m sure the judge will take that “good behavior” into consideration.
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Dropping the child off at her home was a violation of a criminal trespass warrant. But where his ex truly screwed up was in not prosecuting him when he beat her up while she was pregnant. No man that hits a woman, even once, deserves a second chance. No man that respects a woman will ever hit her for any reason.
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Yes there is not much to this complaint. Now the one when she was pregnant is a whole other matter.
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I find it hard to believe that someone as stupid as you is an attorney. But then again, current events are always seeking to remind me that stupid runs rampant in the attorney ranks.
“Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t seem to have anything to do with this situation. He had already received a criminal trespass warning, and he did it again. “The woman tried to get the guy into trouble” sounds more like a comment from an ignorant redneck taking up for his rapist buddy than a lawyer.
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“Rapist” and “Beat his Wife”? He dropped his kid off at the wrong spot, and you use the worst examples of domestic violence to conflate it. Maybe he did beat his wife 10 years ago, but he was never charged. Therefore, he is legally innocent, unless there is other evidence in which to bash him.
Emotion and slurs are not logical, factual arguments.
Just like Trump, you seem very emotionally immature. Grow up.
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I used the worst examples of domestic violence because it’s literally what he did. It is not that there is no evidence he beat his wife – he was arrested for beating his wife. That she did not press charges does not mean he didn’t do it. It doesn’t even mean he’s “legally innocent,” as you so stupidly put it. It means the victim did not press charges. Shocking that a woman carrying his child would decline to press charges against the father of her child, isn’t it? It’s almost like women in abusive relationships struggle with leaving, huh?
And yet you and others instantly jump to take his side, offering multiple explanations that all seek to make him an innocent victim. Knowing nothing.
Again, this all says a lot about you people. There’s a reason #MeToo became a thing. This is it, right here.
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As I often suggest on this cite everyone needs to pump the brakes on this issue. Slow down a) he is allowed unsupervised visitation with his children but has to arrange a drop-off location. b) What happens when the ex will not answer the call to arrange the drop off location or alternatively is not at the prearranged drop off location……just leave the kids at the MacDonald’s doesn’t seem like a good option c) Suppose he keeps the kid past visitation time and she’ll take out a warrant for interference with her custody.This reverse sexism just drives me crazy……why is the man always at fault?. Women are people too and some people are damn devious. Please tell me you can understand that ex-wives have been known to maneuver their ex’s into a no win situations. Dropping their kid off at mom’s house…. there is something to get your boxers in a bunch over. When women become the perfect people that some seem to assume I’ll side with them every time …until then I’ll keep an open mind. Even on the old case… do you even know a woman is pregnant at 8 weeks? I seem to remember my wife became irrational/ “hormonal” before we even knew she was pregnant.Clearly, I am not now nor have I ever been a fan of the Corch , his hires , his players or domestic violence but jumping to conclusions with this little info seems unwise. Smacks of the Penn State /Paterno child molestation accusations and jumping to conclusions. Fire this guy now and the school probably will be handing him a lot of money just like the NCAA had to return Penn State’s millions Just take a breath.
Now, I’ll wait breathlessly as Chili and his Trump derangement syndrome hair catches on fire.
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In 2009, when he was a University of Florida assistant, he was arrested for aggravated battery on a pregnant victim, according to a Gainesville Police Department report. Courtney Smith was 8-10 weeks pregnant at the time.
I’m sure it’s the woman being unreasonable here. Dude has gotten a bad rap, devious women plotting against him.
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It’s not whether the woman is being unreasonable that’s the driving issue here.
It’s whether you want to be the police officer and/or the magistrate who risks the shitstorm should you find it prudent to ignore his history and he then winds up doing something regrettable. Were it me, I’d be erring on the side of caution, because at least nobody’s being physically hurt by that. If that’s a problem for him, maybe he should have thought about that before he hit a pregnant woman.
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Senator, how do you know he hit a pregnant woman? She swore out a warrant and alleged he hit her, then dropped the charges. I used to represent this little crippled guy who was married to a woman who was as big as I am. About once a year the two of them would get into an argument and she would beat the crap out of him—then call the police and have him arrested. After a day or so he would call me, i’d call the jail, and a magistrate would turn him loose for time served. Then the wife would pick him up from jail and take him home. Real domestic violence is a serious thing. Phony domestic violence is also serious because it impacts an innocent man and can cause him serious consequences like jail time and job loss. There are plenty of street-wise women out there who understand what you said above and play it to the hilt.
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I could just as easily ask you that question in reverse, Mayor.
Here’s what we know, per Eleven Warriors:
I’m missing the part where Courtney beat the crap out of Zach, but maybe you know something the rest of us don’t.
Regarding the 2009 arrest, note that the cops took him in after he played the “hey, I’m a Florida football coach” card. In Gainesville.
And regarding the protective order, note that it came after he violated the terms of their parenting agreement. Given the history here, you have to be either stupid or arrogant to take a chance like that. I would also point out that, as you note, there’s a risk of job loss here that would impact his ability/obligation to pay child support at the current level. And yet she still went ahead and filed for the order that the court granted. That sounds really street-wise to me.
All of this is a sideshow from the point I made in my post. Urban Meyer is on record for famously declaring his zero tolerance policy regarding domestic violence against women. It’s bullshit.
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I agree with you about Irvin Meyers and his zero tolerance policy. It is a zero tolerance policy only when reporters are around. As for Coach Zach dropping off the kid at her house, I didn’t see where any allegations about violence or threats thereof occurred there, just a picture of his car in her driveway while he was dropping off his son. But I wasn’t there. One thing I do know, though–you weren’t there either. So you don’t really know about this yourself–either way. All I’m saying is that sometimes women use the system against innocent men. Just ask Bobby Cox.
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Did she not answer the phone? Reasoning can go the other way quickly if he wants to just mess with her private life and drives up unannounced. If he did it because she wasn’t at the prearranged place, maybe there’s a reason, but then again, how would he know if she is a moment late because she dropped by the store on the way. Reason and counter reason abides here.
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I’m sorry. Which conclusions were jumped to in the Penn State case?
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I’d love to hear this.
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did you read the linked article or my post because if you did you need to work on reading comprehension. This man is not a wife beater. His wife’s t-shirt was stretched after she tried to pull her passed out husband out of HER bed. I’m sure that pointing out that logically her bed was his bed too would be deemed sexist so lets just follow the law. The case was dismissed so he is not a wife beater. Factually even if you accept her version, the evidence for this aggravated battery was that her t-shirt was stretched but he had red marks on his arm. That is not a aggravated battery because aggravated battery requires either a weapon or lose of use of a body part. [I feel the need here to point out that the probable reason he said the marks on his arm came from a bar incident was a gentlemanly effort to keep his wife out of trouble]. Having said that trying to drag my drunken ass out of bed after I’m already asleep is clearly not conducive to maintaining the peace. This lady in the clear light of the following days decided this case did not need to be pursued and prosecution would not be in their marriage’s best interests. I personally do NOT assume she is some weak ,helpless individual who is incapable of making decisions that are in her own self-interest…do so if you like but I don’t. After this incident they remained married for 9 years and had two kids and recently divorced…… . I never said I know what happened only that a dad returning his kids to mom’s house….that by the way he is probably paying for…….just does not justify standing this whole presumption of innocence technicality (sarcasm) on it’s head. Firing this dad from the best job he has ever had or will have will have repercussions on him , his ex-wife and their kids. Take a deep breath…count to ten and wait until all the facts come out……its good advice even if you don’t want to listen
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“Won’t someone think of the men?”
It’s amazing the leaps you’re willing to make in defense of a wife beater. Again, it says a LOT about the person you are.
By the way, he’s been fired. So what now, asshole? Guess not even Urban Meyer is as big a piece of shit as you are.
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The takeaway here is corch has known this guy was a wife beater for almost 10 years and he still works for him.
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But Schiano vouched for him!
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Oh he’s got to go… They cannot possibly keep this guy – can they?
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I’ll bet a hefty sum of money that if Corch utters a word about this at all, it’ll be something to the effect of “I’ve known Coach Smith for a long time, this isn’t who he is, it would be unfair to tarnish his career because of one error in judgment,” and it’ll never be spoken of again . . . until the next time Smith lays hands on a woman. And there is always a next time.
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So, the only thing really keeping Urban Meyer from being the worst person as HC on my list of awful human beings is that he isn’t directly responsible for killing one of his players (yet?) That still belongs to Skipper.
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Not to defend Corch but in some states, like California, it is actually illegal to make a hiring or firing decision based on an arrest without a conviction or guilty plea (including nolo). I don’t know if that is the case in Ohio.
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That needs to be a Federal statute applicable in every state IMHO.
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This SOB will meet his match one day. I hope they beat him within an inch of his life.
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Whoops! Spoke too soon—Brett McMurphy just announced that Smith has been fired. Color me legit shocked.
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Turned out there was at least one more skeleton in the closet.
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Really? Is there a conviction or guilty plea? Some real finding of misconduct? Where is it? This is just Urban doing damage control. After all Urban is a snake in the grass and he bites–both ways–when he himself is put in a bad light.
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He gone.
I guess three strikes (of a woman) and you’re out. Coward.
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