Bock, 26, was detained by police around midnight on Saturday after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Carlie Matthews.
Bock was released on bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court later this year.
In consultation with the Crows’ leadership group, club management made the decision to make Bock unavailable until he has satisfied the demands of the group.
Bock, who expressed remorse in a statement on Monday afternoon, will also undergo 50 hours of community service at a women’s shelter and adhere to a self-imposed alcohol ban.
“I am deeply disappointed in my behaviour and acknowledge the fact that as an Adelaide Football Club player, we are looked upon as role models in the community and I will endeavour to regain any respect I have lost,” Bock said.
Adelaide CEO Steven Trigg said another breach of this calibre would put Bock’s position at the club in jeopardy.
“Nathan Bock is a good man who has made a couple of bad decisions, so our first response to you is that we’re going to support him,” Trigg said.
“We’re going to help him to make sure it doesn’t happen again because he knows the consequences if it does happen again are going to be dire.”
Last year, the Crows’ leadership group stood down defender Graham Johncock, also indefinitely, for failing to meet the necessary standards of preparation.
Trigg said a similar approach would be used to determine just when Bock will be allowed to resume his 88-game career with the Crows.
“It’s up to Nathan (when he’ll be back playing). We’ve put a range of directions in place for him and will support him in executing them and involving himself with them. Should he do that and we think his state of mind is all right, it might be a one-weeker,” Trigg said.
“We don’t do that (suspend players) lightly and the Graham Johncock case was a classic case study so far as we said exactly the same thing at the time, ‘He’s going to miss this week and (he’ll return) dependant on when he’s ready to play’.
“It wasn’t a tokenistic one week. When he’s ready to play he can come back. Graham missed two, but I can’t answer for Nathan.
“It’s entirely up to him, but he’s definitely missing the game against Fremantle.”
Adelaide coach Neil Craig conceded he, like most others, was shocked when the club champion’s name was linked to such an incident.
“(My reaction was) Are you sure? Are we talking about the same Nathan Bock that I know?” Craig said.
“It’s not an out, but it is a major consideration, that this is totally out of character for Nathan, as I know him, as a person. Having said that, he needs to address this very quickly.”
