Ex-Ohio State assistant Zach Smith denies abuse claims in Twitter salvo


Former Ohio State assistant football coach Zach Smith. (Marvin Fong/The Plain Dealer via AP) August 29 at 5:01 PM The former assistant at the center of Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer’s suspension spoke out on Twitter Wednesday, chiding reporters as “moral-less clowns” for investigating allegations that Smith abused his then-wife, had an affair with a member of the Buckeyes football staff and took lewd photographs during a team trip to the White House. Early Wednesday afternoon, Smith began a chain of tweets aimed at Brett McMurphy, a correspondent for Stadium, who first reported about Smith’s alleged spousal abuse in July. Smith posted a photo of his son and daughter while calling the media reports lies that “hurt THESE precious children!” He wrote in a subsequent message the only people “LEGITIMATELY hurt” by scandal are his children, the Ohio State players, the university staff and the fans. Let’s talk about who…

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