[davidosborne]

I don’t find anything really incriminating

I think the "I plead guilty Your Honor" is the conclusive "incriminating" part.

[R. Scott]

It was a case of the officers word against his. If he had gone to trial he could well have been convicted and have a sex crime on his record. What defense can a person offer up? The judge - and many juries - will most likely take the officers word as gospel.