In an article that I read, the former basketball coach of Dominguez High School will not be retried for his charge on meeting a minor for a lewd purpose. In a 10-2 vote, the Compton jury decided not to retry Russell Otis which would have gave him up to a three year jail sentence. It was reported that Otis had contacted one of his former 16 year old basketball player at his home, offering him $1,500 in cash if the boy would let him “sexually arouse him.” It was said that there was not enough evidence to prove that Otis actually went to the boy’s house. The article did say that, “The jury did convict Otis on a misdemeanor child-molesting charge for barraging the boy with text messages that continued into the early morning hours in August 2008.” The misdemeanor that he received will force him to register as a sex offender and will not be allowed to coach or teach minors. I feel as though this relates to the negative aspect of coaching. Things like this should not be tolerated and more things should be done such as background checks on coaches to help prevent events like this from happening.
C. Barragan kin 332I.S2
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