Wartburg quarterback Nick Yordi has been charged with disorderly conduct after junior Joe Apel said Yordi yelled homosexual slurs at him.

According to a police report, the incident happened Oct. 9 on campus.

Yordi was arrested Friday, Oct. 12.

Chief of Police Richard Pursell said Yordi, a sophmore, was charged under a section of the Iowa Code that prohibits making abusive epithets or threatening gestures which are likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.

Yordi’s attorney entered a plea of not guilty on Yordi’s behalf in court Friday.

“I have no comment on the matter at the time until things are figured out,” Yordi said.
Apel had no comment either.

“The situation is being handled internally within the football team,” Rick Willis, Wartburg athletic director said.

He declined further comment, as did Eric Koehler, the head football coach.

Yordi was allowed to play in both football games since his arrest, including this past weekend’s Homecoming game.