Former San Jose State College sports activities medication director Scott Shaw has admitted in a plea deal that he sexually abused 4 feminine athletes throughout bodily remedy classes, prosecutors introduced this week.
Shaw, 56, initially confronted six misdemeanor counts of abusing his authority in a current federal trial that resulted in a hung jury — regardless of the testimony of eight former college athletes. On Tuesday, he reportedly took a deal to keep away from retrial by pleading responsible to 2 of the fees.
The previous coach faces as much as one 12 months in jail for every rely and $200,000 in fines.
“Shaw now has acknowledged his guilt and has admitted the conduct that resulted within the costs that have been filed in opposition to him,” stated prosecutor Patrick Robbins with the U.S. lawyer’s workplace. “We hope his responsible plea and conviction deliver some degree of solace to his victims, and we now look to sentencing which will likely be a significant step towards bringing this matter to a conclusion.”
Shaw was sports activities medication director from 2008 to 2020 and served as affiliate director for 2 years prior, in keeping with USA At present. He was first accused in 2009 by 17 swimmers and divers who reported him to the college, however the faculty “quietly” cleared Shaw of all wrongdoing, in keeping with a 2020 investigation by the newspaper.
It was solely after the college’s swim coach Sage Hopkins repeatedly re-reported their allegations to high school officers — in addition to to the NCAA, federal companies and the Mountain West Convention — that the college lastly agreed to reopen the case in December 2019, USA At present reported.
The eight former athletes who took the stand stated Shaw reached inside their shorts and bras to fondle their breasts, groins and buttocks. They stated he by no means requested for consent or defined the reasoning for his supposed remedies, which Shaw by no means documented, in keeping with USA At present.
The varsity finally settled alleged Title IX violations with the Justice Division in 2021 and has additionally reportedly paid greater than $7 million to 30 of Shaw’s accusers.
Prosecutors say Shaw will face his sentencing trial in November.
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