In the latest development over whether Urban Meyer satisfied his legal and contractual duties to notify Ohio State administrators about domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith, the Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Thursday announced that it was convening an “independent board and working group” to investigate how the university responded to the allegations. The board will include two prominent legal figures—former acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Craig Morford and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Carter Stewart—as well as former Ohio Speaker of the House Jo Ann Davidson and three OSU trustees (Alex Fischer, Janet Porter and Alex Shumate).
Setting Expectations for the Group Responsible for Investigating Urban Meyer
