It may be rare to have all this resolved in one day, but it may have been a done deal because one of the girls on the team is a daughter of a Clark County Superior Court Judge.
I had to read half the story in order to find out the sexual preference of Coach.
"I got caught up in the moment"
He got something caught allright.
90 days - with good time, etc. he'll be out in a couple weeks or so. Yep, sounds like the Judge doesn't want this to somehow taint his daughter's college applications.
When I was in HS, many years ago, the soccer coach, who also taught french, was having a rather lurid affair with one of his students. It went on for quite a while before she finally broke it off. To this day I don't know how he didn't get his butt canned for it and go to Jail. She was under 18 the entire duration of the affair.
Russell was not charged with a felony because Farr extended "professional courtesy" to a fellow public employee.
No, clearly she isn't.
The victim's mother said her daughter's self-esteem has been shattered. "She feels she's somehow to blame," the mother said.
Sounds to me like the mother is even less mature than her daughter. At least the daughter has some sense of responsibility for her role in the incident. The mother's trying to cast her as a helpless, innocent victim and keep her from being held accountable. No wonder the daughter got into trouble.
As for the coach, what a stupid, stupid thing to do. He's ruined his career, very likely his marraige, and possibly the rest of his life.
High school kids, even junior high kids, will sometimes develop crushes on teachers, coaches, any authority figure within the school environment that they admire. That's always been the case. It hasn't always been the case that those in a position of authority over minors are so lacking in basic morality that we hear, daily, of yet another instance of statutory rape or child sexual abuse by teachers, coaches, etcetera. I don't doubt for one second that this girl willingly entered into a sexual relationship with her coach. That has nothing to do with the fact that there was a crime committed.
[Lewis ripped Russell for violating his position of trust as a coach.]
This is what is so pathetic about the coaches and teachers who commit these type crimes, even if the student is 17 or even 18 years of age.
Parents should not have to worry about the very people they entrust their children to to take advantage of that trust.
Whatver the reasons, the matter was handled well, and the punishment was appropriate.
Bzzzt. Wrong answer, chickee. She did know the guy was married , right? Perhaps she's just parsing words.
She is capable, yet she chose to do it anyways.
"I got caught up in the moment,"
Let's parse that line.
Yeah, the next thing I knew, I was banging some teenager. It wasn't until later that I recalled that I was married.
Loser.
The victim, in her remarks to Lewis, said she's angry and embarrassed, but does not consider herself a victim.
"In no way did Tom Russell manipulate me," she said, her hands shaking.
She's 17, she told Lewis.
"I'm fully capable of distinguishing from right and wrong
The victim, in her remarks to Lewis, said she's angry and embarrassed, but does not consider herself a victim.
"In no way did Tom Russell manipulate me," she said, her hands shaking.
She's 17, she told Lewis.
"I'm fully capable of distinguishing from right and wrong."