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Mishawaka police released security video from the Jan. 3 wrestling event showing a confrontation between Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and Chris Fleeger. Prosecutors concluded no criminal battery occurred and Freeman will not be charged, with Notre Dame defending Freeman as having intervened to protect his son.
Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman is accused of battery stemming from a high school wrestling incident in Mishawaka, Indiana. Notre Dame calls the allegations unfounded and says video evidence supports that claim, while Mishawaka police have forwarded the case to the county prosecutor to decide on charges; Freeman and his wife intervened to remove Freeman’s son from the scene, with no report of Freeman physically engaging anyone, and no charges filed yet.