Story is on the front page of the MSN home page now.
this still exists, and is viewed by adults, knowingly?
Serious note: DV cases are often as complicated as it gets in the criminal law world. The amount of haze, ambiguity, volatility, inconsistency, recanting, hypocrisy, reciprocity, etc. is something else.
It is rarely as simple as Man smacks Woman, law enforcement contacted, Man arrested, Man pleads guilty, or Man is found guilty. I didn't really appreciate this until my tour in the DAs office, and I wondered, hmm, why are there 2 Full Time DV victim witness coordinators on staff. Their job (very important) is, among other things, part BS detector, determine veracity, part investigator, emotional support specialist, witness prep, other people skills.
These points don't necessarily go to Urban Meyer's role in any of this, just to highlight that the fact pattern of a DV case can come in innumerable shapes/sizes.