KevHead0881 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Former Bear Duerson charged with battery The Associated Press February 7, 2005, 8:30 PM CST Former Bears defensive back Dave Duerson was charged Monday with hitting his wife and has resigned from the board of trustees at Notre Dame, officials said. St. Joseph County Prosecutor Mike Dvorak filed two counts of battery and two counts of domestic battery, all misdemeanors, against Duerson, 43, who played his college ball at Notre Dame. Duerson and his wife got into an argument in their South Bend motel room Thursday and Duerson hit her, according to a news release from the prosecutor's office. The report said Duerson pushed his wife out the door of their room and she hit the wall. She was treated and released from a hospital, prosecutors said. He was not being held in the St. Joseph County Jail Monday, a jail official said. Duerson, a native of Muncie, Ind., resigned this week from the board of trustees, the university said. "It is regrettable but proper that Dave Duerson has resigned as a member of the university's board of trustees," the Rev. Edward Malloy, university president, said in a statement. Mitch Rosen, a spokesman for the Duerson family, said the matter was a "family misunderstanding, which occurred in private and it has already been resolved in private." "As with all people, we too are less than perfect human beings," the statement said. Duerson said in the statement that he apologized and that the family was working to resolve the issue with law enforcement. Duerson, a two-time All-America defensive back for the Irish, had been critical of how Notre Dame handled the firing of Tyrone Willingham last season, saying trustees were not consulted. Playing from 1979-83, he still holds the Notre Dame record for career interception yardage with 256, according to the Notre Dame Web site. He played 11 seasons in the NFL with the Bears, New York Giants and Phoenix Cardinals, earning four all-Pro honors and winning Super Bowl titles with the 1985 Bears and 1990 Giants. He is president, CEO and founder of Duerson Foods, LCC, which opened in 2002 and provides sausage for fast-food restaurants. In recognition of his charitable work with substance abuse prevention and the Special Olympics, Duerson was named the 1987 NFL Man of the Year and the 1988 NFL Humanitarian of the Year, the Web site said. Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Didn't he just make some comment about Ditka being a very overrated coach and the players won the SB by themselves with Ditka having nothing to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 :headshake wow :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Good old number 22 is just another delusional wife-beating jackass motherf***er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxmatt Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I wouldnt have expected this from him. I thought he was a good guy. :headshake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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