Just a few weeks before his All-American offensive lineman is scheduled to be arraigned on domestic violence charges, Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze expressed confidence in the process set to take place.

Freeze has maintained that Laremy Tunsil told him he was defending his mother from his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, on June 26 in a physical altercation that resulted with both parties filing domestic violence charges against one another. Miller pleaded not guilty on Tuesday through his attorney, Matthew Wilson, at a hearing with Tunsil present, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported.

"Very often cases are tried in the media before they get to go to trial. We will respect the decorum of the court and not comment further at this time," Wilson said.

Tunsil will be arraigned on Aug. 3, a little less than a month before Ole Miss' football season is scheduled to begin. Miller alleged Tunsil was meeting with NFL agents and accepting benefits the NCAA would deem impermissible.

"The process has begun. I know very little about it, to be honest," Freeze said at the SEC Media Days, according to the Ledger. "I'm confident. I know the way things are done around our place."

Both the NCAA and Ole Miss have confirmed they are investigating the contact Tunsil has had with NFL agents. Freeze has previously acknowledged as much, but pointed out that Tunsil was fully allowed to meet with agents as long as he did not accept any gifts. If Tunsil really did take a ride from one of them, he may only be required to pay a fine in the amount of the gas the agent used to pick him up.

"I'm confident in the person that Laremy is," Freeze told reporters. "I know that we will cooperate fully with whatever is going on, whether it be with the NCAA or the criminal part. But again, extremely confident in who we are and our core values."

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