Colorado svømmetræner Jon Beber idømt 42 år til livstid for seksuelt misbrugt teenage atleter han blev hyret til at træne

Jon Beber coached Boulder Swimming, an elite club, from 1997 through early 2002. He left Colorado when allegations surfaced and later coached in Albany, Florida, and Atlanta. In April 2024 a Boulder County jury convicted him of sexually assaulting three teenage swimmers who had been in his care. On July 19, 2024, a judge stacked the counts into 42 years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Beber blev fundet skyldig den 16. april 2024, på to anklager om seksuelt overgreb på et barn af en person i en tillidsposition med et mønster af misbrug (klasse 3 forbrydelser) og en sag om seksuelt overgreb på et barn af en person i en tillidsposition (klasse 4 forbrydelser), Ifølge statsadvokaten i det 20. dommerdistriktHans bånd blev trukket tilbage efter dommen.

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Prosecutors said the abuse ran from 1997 through 2001, when the swimmers were teenagers. In early 2002 several athletes realized they had shared similar experiences and told a parent. Parents confronted Beber. He resigned and left the state. No reports went to police. Trial testimony indicated swimmers had raised concerns with Colorado Swimming and USA Swimming then, but without a formal complaint to law enforcement, nothing followed.

Sagen blev genåbnet i sommeren 2021, da et af ofrene - på det tidspunkt en voksen forbereder sig på at blive en coach selv - kaldte Boulder myndigheder om forældelsesfristen. Tre ofre kom frem. Gebyrer blev indgivet i 2022. Beber blev arresteret i juli 2022 i Atlanta og udleveret. KUSA- TV (9NEWS) dækket arrestationen og den efterfølgende retssag.

42 år til livet

On July 19, 2024, a Boulder District Court judge sentenced Beber, then 54, to 18 years to life on each of the two pattern-of-abuse counts and 6 years on the remaining count, consecutive. He is not eligible for parole until he completes sex-offender treatment. Position-of-trust statutes exist because a coach’s access is the crime’s infrastructure. USA Swimming and club boards have spent two decades claiming they closed those doors. Beber’s timeline says the doors stayed open long enough for him to keep coaching in other states.

District Attorney Michael Dougherty said, “This lengthy prison sentence is the right outcome. As the judge noted, this type of case is every parent’s worst nightmare. Parents drop kids off for practice or school and hope that the adults in charge are not abusing their position of trust. This defendant did exactly that, for years.” The Boulder County annoncering er stadig udstationeret.

Relateret: at gemme sig i det fri, Hollywood er åben hemmelighedog menighedens alliance Kriminalitet Nyheder Det er et skrivebord. Hvis du eller nogen du kender er blevet påvirket af seksuelt misbrug, RAINN National Seksuel Assault Hotline er 1- 800- 656- 4673.