"At Bob Evans, we believe strongly in the family first values upon which the company was founded," the company said in a statement. "Bob Evans Restaurants is suspending the current partnership with Urban Meyer and removing all related content pending the results of the official Ohio State University investigation."
Meyer was scheduled to appear in TV, radio and digital ads. The crisis happened so soon after announcing the deal that signs of Meyer inside the restaurants had yet to be put up.
On Wednesday, reporter Brett McMurphy published a story in which Courtney Smith, wife of recently fired Ohio State assistant coach Zack Smith, said the all the Buckeyes coaches, including Meyer, were aware of Smith's domestic violence history.