An Alabama State University trustee is being accused of physically assaulting the school's former coach during a Thursday morning deposition in Montgomery.
Former ASU coach Reggie Barlow filed an arrest warrant against trustee Herbert Young following the incident, Barlow's attorney Donald Jackson said.
In a written statement to AL.com, Young said he didn't assault Barlow. It was Barlow who assaulted him, he contends.
Young said he also filed charges against Barlow for assault.
"I have done a number of depositions and I have never encountered anything of this nature with the hostility and rudeness that was portrayed by attorney Donald Jackson and Reggie Barlow," Young stated.
Ken Nixon, director of Montgomery Municipal Court, confirmed that both Barlow and Young filed criminal charges against each other today.
Neither was arrested, he said. They will be issued summons to appear in court.