CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER FILED AGAINST ZACH SMITH, RECORDS SHOW HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS
The ex-wife of Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith filed a domestic violence protection order against him Friday,
according to a report from Brett McMurphy.
The order, filed with the Delaware, Ohio police department, would go into effect for five years, unless reversed by a judge at an Aug. 3 hearing, and prohibits Smith from being within 500 feet of his ex-wife, Courtney Carano Smith.
The ruling states: "the court finds that (Courtney Smith) is in immediate and present danger of domestic violence and for good cause the following temporary orders are necessary to protect the persons named (Courtney Smith and her children Cameron, 8, and Quinn, 6) in this order from domestic violence.”
The order entered the courts two days after Smith appeared in Delaware Municipal Courton charges of criminal trespassing.
Court and police records detail a history of domestic abuse allegations during and after the marriage.
In 2009, Zach was arrested and charged with felony assault while an assistant coach at the University of Florida after the police were called to the couple's apartment early in the morning of June 21.
The police report from that incident, obtained by
Eleven Warriors, states that Zach arrived at their residence with a female co-worker and that Courtney “refused to have the unknown female, who Zach kept referring to as ‘baby,’ spend the night at their residence.”
An altercation ensued with Courtney, three months pregnant at the time, alleging that Zach threw her into the wall of their bedroom. The report states: "a verbal argument took place over the female and questions of infidelity arose. Courtney stated Zach was intoxicated and she took the female to her house. … Courtney stated when she returned to her residence, a heated argument ensued in the upstairs bedroom. Courtney stated she tried to get Zach out of her bed, which he refused and then forcefully grabbed her.”
The officer who filed the report stated "I observed that C. Smith's shirt had been stretched just above her right breast. C Smith's account of the incident was consistent with the redness to Z. Smith's right bicep because she advised that she attempted to hit him while he was picking her up."
"From the statements made on the scene, I determined that Z. Smith was the primary aggressor," the report went on to state.
Zach was handcuffed, and arrested without incident, but Courtney declined to file charges and the case was dropped.
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