Indoor hockey coach in Australia faces trial for molesting young players
An Australian field hockey coach has been charged with sexually abusing her underage players. reports ABC News.
Lauren Austin, 39, coached a women’s indoor hockey team, a form of field hockey played indoors. On September 5, she was charged with five sex crimes. The woman is accused of having sex with a girl over the age of 16 and indecent assault on children under her care. The prosecution also said the coach raped one of the young athletes on the team.
The court ruled that Austin can be released on bail, but she is prohibited from working and from having children. Until the end of the trial, the woman also cannot work as a hockey coach. It is noted that all restrictions for Austin will be lifted if she is found not guilty.
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Austin represented Australia at the 2007 and 2018 IIHF World Championships. She then left the team because she could not combine her sports career with her own business, and focused on nurturing the next generation of hockey players.
Earlier it was reported that in the US, a former physical education teacher and cheerleading coach from Ohio admitted to raping student athletes for years. It was recommended that she be sentenced to 10 years in prison – she should get two and a half years for each of the victims.
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