Courtney Smith said Wednesday night that she told police in 2015 that she feared for her life because of a pattern of abuse exhibited by her then-estranged husband, former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith.
Courtney Smith says she went to the police station in Powell, Ohio, on October 26, 2015, to file a domestic assault report. According to an incident report from that date, which was obtained by the Columbus Dispatch, she told a detective that Zach Smith - then living elsewhere - came to her condominium the previous night, pushed her into a wall and took their young son with him despite her objections.