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MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WISH) — Battery charges will not be filed against Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman after he was involved in an “altercation” with a coach at his son’s wrestling match.
The St. Joseph Prosecutor’s Office confirmed Freeman was cleared of charges in an email Monday afternoon.
The possible charges stemmed from an incident on Jan. 3 when Freeman was accused of battering an assistant wrestling coach as he was leaving the Al Smith Invitational wrestling tournament at Mishawaka High School.
The Notre Dame Athletics Department told News 8 that Freeman was in attendance with his son, Vinny, who is an athlete for Penn High School in Mishawaka, competing in wrestling and football.
The assistant wrestling coach in question “verbally accosted” Vinny Freeman during the tournament, according to Notre Dame.
In a release detailing the St. Joseph County prosecutor’s findings, the coach reported to police that he’d been pushed by someone he later learned was Marcus Freeman, but “had no clue” what motivated the push. Two other witnesses said that Freeman pushed the coach with an “open han...
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