Notre Dame senior cornerback Devin Butler was formally charged Tuesday in St. Joseph Superior Court with resisting law enforcement and battery against a public safety official, both of which are felonies.
Butler was suspended indefinitely by coach Brian Kelly on Sunday after prosecutors requested a delay in deciding whether or not to formally charge Butler with those two offenses. Butler was arrested early Saturday morning outside the Linebacker Lounge, a popular bar near Notre Dame's campus, after an altercation with two police officers in which he also allegedly shoved a woman.
A Notre Dame spokesperson said Saturday that "Any student arrested on a felony charge also faces dismissal from the university."
Butler will be arraigned Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.
When officers arrived at the Linebacker early Saturday morning, they reported a scuffle between two women in which one woman kicked the other in the head. When they approached that woman to arrest her for battery, Butler allegedly "lunged" at the woman who kicked the other and forcibly shoved her "by her head and body, causing her to move approximately 3 to 4 feet," according to an affadavit.
Butler was grabbed by an officer and told to stay back, but allegedly swore at officers and approached them. The two officers on the scene attempted to detain Butler, who then allegedly pushed an officer off balance, "picked him up over a curb and tackled" him to the ground. A struggle on the ground followed in which Butler allegedly struck an officer in the side and stomach "several times" as he continued to curse and threaten the officers.
Butler allegedly then ripped a duty belt off another officer before he was struck by an officer, who deployed a Taser. The officer Butler scuffled with reported injuries to his elbow, wrist, neck, back and arm and was treated at Memorial Hospital and released.
According to the court documents, Butler apologized while being transported to the St. Joseph County Jail, "stating that he had been incredibly emotional and intoxicated." He posted $1,000 bond on Saturday and was released.
Butler, who appeared in 37 games with three starts from 2013-2015, is recovering from a foot injury he initially suffered before the Fiesta Bowl and re-aggravated over the summer. He wasn't expected to be ready to play until mid-October at the earliest.