The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have denied an accusation of battery against head coach Marcus Freeman.
On Sunday, Austin Hough and Kyle Smedley of the South Bend Tribune reported that a police report had been filed against Freeman, stemming from an incident that occurred on Jan. 3 at Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Ind. Freeman was attending his son Vinny’s wrestling meet and allegedly got into an altercation with New Prairie High School assistant coach Chris Fleeger.
Notre Dame releases statement
“Vinny Freeman, head coach Marcus Freeman’s son, was verbally accosted during and after his wrestling match by a local wrestling coach,” Notre Dame said in a statement (h/t ESPN’s Pete Thamel). “Marcus and Joanna Freeman intervened and removed Vinny from the situation.
“At no point did Coach Freeman physically engage with anyone. We believe that the police report, which includes video evidence, fully exonerates Coach Freeman and makes clear these accusations are totally unfounded.”