October 23, 2008 - Two former Dublin Coffman High School boys lacrosse coaches were sentenced to prison in Tennessee for assaulting a lacrosse player in 2006 while the team was on a trip to Memphis, Tennessee.
The two former coaches pleaded guilty to the assault charges in August as part of a deal that dropped felony rape charges against both of them. The school district fired both of them in the spring 2006.
Dustin Pentz, 28, a volunteer lacrosse coach was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 22 to 30 days in prison, with the remainder of his 11-month, 29-day sentence to be served on probation.
Another volunteer coach, Greg Simpson, 26, was sentenced to 15 days in prison and to serve the remainder of his six-month sentence on probation. Simpson will have to turn himself in Dec. 1st.
The victim, now a 21-year-old Ohio University student, testified that Simpson, 29, held him down on a team bus while Pentz, 28, inserted gloved fingers into his rectum during a trip to Memphis in March 2006.The victim has filed a civil case against the team coaches and Dublin school district. That case is pending in federal court.
The victim said it was a traumatic sexual assault. The former coaches characterized it as a case of horseplay, what they called "goosing." Pentz said he never put his hand inside the boy's shorts, and Simpson denied taking part at all.
Greg Simpson's father, Frank Simpson, was convicted of witness intimidation in February 2007 and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
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