The recent posts here support my earlier points in this (very long, but important) thread.
What sources of information do you believe? And which are true? And what actions can you take based on the best information available?
In this case, perhaps Urban Meyer -- based on all of the he said, she said -- went with the prevailing legal authorities on this -- the police and the DA on how he decided to act (or not).
They investigated. They didn't make an arrest. They didn't file charges (with the exception of the order of protection violation when he pulled into the driveway to pick up his son which led to Smith's dismissal).
I think the real questions now are what was Urban required to report internally about this? And if he was required, did he do it? If not, then OK, he violated a university policy and should be reprimanded.
But for Urban/OSU to be blasted publicly for not taking action on Smith because of something that may/may not have happened on personal time that was not substantiated by police is a real issue for me.
For what it's worth, I don't think saying that these accusations were "not substantiated by police" has yet been proven. Smith was, after all, arrested in 2009.
Police felt, at the time, that they had enough evidence to justify an arrest. Courtney Smith opted not to press charges after speaking to two of Meyer's advisors. Charges being dropped and the police finding that accusations were not substantiated are two very different things.
Domestic violence charges are often dropped at the behest of the victim. That doesn't mean domestic violence didn't occur.
Just something worth keeping in mind.
Last Edited: 8/13/2018 8:56:21 PM by Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame