Ohio State has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for the first three games of the season because of his handling of an assistant coach’s alleged domestic violence, the university announced Wednesday night after hours of deliberation and meetings. The university also suspended athletic director Gene Smith for two weeks without pay. A university investigation found that Meyer and Smith failed to inform the school’s compliance department about assistant Zach Smith’s (no relation) alleged domestic violence, which was under an active criminal investigation. Zach Smith was fired in July after media reports surfaced about past accusations of domestic violence, some of which Meyer falsely denied knowing about during his appearance at Big Ten media days in Chicago. Meyer has been on paid leave since Aug. 1. Smith’s ex-wife Courtney Smith provided to reporters text messages that seemed to refute Meyer’s statement that he didn’t know about the domestic violence allegations against…
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