Posted on 02/07/2005 6:48:59 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Notre Dame, IN - Dave Duerson, who played football for the Irish, was a well-known member of the Chicago Bears and a Notre Dame Board of Trustees member, has been charged with striking his wife while visiting South Bend last week.
Late Monday afternoon, St. Joseph County prosecutor Mike Dvorak filed battery charges against Dave Duerson.
According to a release from the prosecutor's office, Duerson and his wife got into an argument in their room and Duerson hit his wife in their room at the Morris Inn just last Thursday. The report goes on to say Duerson then pushed his wife out the door of their room and she hit the wall.
Mrs. Duerson was taken to the hospital where she was checked by medical personnel and later released.
Duerson has a long-standing relationship with the University of Notre Dame. He served on the Board of Trustees until just this week, when he voluntarily resigned. The board held a meeting on campus just last week.
Father Edward Malloy, the president of the University of Notre Dame, issued a statement saying, "It is regrettable but proper that Dave Duerson has resigned as a member of the University's Board of Trustees'.
Duerson played football for the Irish. He later played for the Chicago Bears in the 1980's and then become a Univesity Trustee. After that, he became a very successful businessman. He owns Duerson Foods, a company that supplies McDonald's.
His son is a current member of the Irish in his freshman year.
The prosecutor filed two counts of battery and two counts of domestic battery.
All four counts are misdemeanors.
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