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Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11

Posted on | November 3, 2013 | 37 Comments

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

A Bucks County man was charged Friday with allegedly raping a girl when she was between the ages of 11 and 13. Authorities said they are concerned about the possibility of more victims.
Keith Peschen is a former football coach and is the board president of the Levittown Lions, a youth football league with players and cheerleaders between the ages of 5 and 12.
Peschen, 37, of Peartree Lane in the Levittown section of Falls Township, faces charges that include rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, first-degree felonies each punishable by up 20 years in prison. . . .
The victim, now 17, reported the rape over the summer to Falls Township police, who began an investigation, court records state.
The girl’s mother and Peschen’s wife had met at a parent-teacher organization meeting, and the families became friends, police said. The girl also was on a cheerleading squad that was part of the youth football league, police said.
The assaults began when she slept over at his house to babysit his children and continued for two years, according to court records.

Cheerleaders raped by coaches — how common is this? You might be surprised, or not. Dallas, Texas:

A former Frisco [Texas] cheerleading coach was indicted [in June] by a Collin County grand jury on three counts of continuous sex abuse of a child younger than 14.
Kyle Austin Ware, 30, remain in the Collin County jail, where he has been since his arrest in April. U.S. Customs agents saw his name on a passenger manifest for an overseas flight bound for Paris and took him into custody at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. He had been trying to flee the country. His bail is set at $1.05 million.
The charges stem from Ware’s time working at Express Cheer & Dance in Frisco, police said. He left that gym in May 2011 to work as a tumbling coach for Cheer Athletics in Plano. He was fired from his coaching job there in May 2012 after an inappropriate text with an athlete.

Corvallis, Oregon:

A cheerleading coach who is a registered sex offender faces accusations he raped a 17-year-old cheerleader while she was unconscious under the influence of prescription medicine.
David A. Chatman, 38, faces charges of first degree rape and second degree sex abuse by a coach.
The alleged rape took place in September 2012 but didn’t come to light until the teen’s mother contacted the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office in March. . . .
Chatman was arraigned Monday [April 8]. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
He is a registered sex offender based on a 2007 incident on an airplane involving a 16-year-old cheerleader, according to police. He was convicted in federal court of touching the girl as she slept on a plane.

Monterey, California:

A volunteer cheerleading coach at Monterey High School was arrested on charges of illegal sex with a minor, police announced Wednesday.
Gregory Aaron Uvalles, 22, of Watsonville was arrested late Tuesday [Sept. 10] in the Monterey High School parking lot, said Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Kevin McClelland. . . .
Uvalles was still in custody Wednesday in Monterey County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail on four counts of alleged unlawful sex with a minor, usually known as statutory rape. He is specifically charged by police with being over the age of 21 while the victim was under age 16.

Albany, New York:

A Latham cheerleading and dance coach is accused of rape, in an alleged months-long sexual relationship with one of his students.
Colonie Police say 24-year-old Alexander “Sasha” Oouch had an eight month long relationship with a 14-year-old girl he coached at “X-Factor’s All-Star Cheer and Dance” gym. And police say Oouch was caught after friends of the girl found inappropriate pictures of the two, on his cell phone.

Heber Springs, Arkansas:

A cheerleading instructor remains in jail in Cleburne County after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. . . .
The affidavit shows allegations from the teenager said that while at the studio one night.
“Matthew unbuttoned her pants and pulled them down to her ankles,” and later “told her not to tell anybody about this.”
The alleged victim also told police through “text messages Matthew has ask her to have sex with him on different occasions,” this all before one night when “Matthew started having sex with her.” Then once again, she claimed “he told her not to say anything about this.”

 

Category: Crime, Sex

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37 Responses to “Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11”

  1. CHideout
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/3Bhf2MSqwD

  2. MrEvilMatt
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/UzoN7EuZm4

  3. Resista38176897
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/iYynZhGUJo

  4. Citzcom
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/SqJtPpycg2

  5. jwbrown1969
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/t3dHuK0pXu

  6. Lockestep1776
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/ygbGvqvd6B

  7. rsmccain
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:01 pm

    Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 http://t.co/TTXyedcJ0S

  8. Joe Dokes
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:04 pm

    “David A. Chatman, 38, faces charges of first degree rape and second degree sex abuse by a coach.”

    How common must it be there if they already have a charge on the books specifying “sex abuse by a coach”?

    Oh, Lake of Fire.

  9. BobBelvedere
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:04 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 http://t.co/TTXyedcJ0S

  10. thatMrGguy
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:07 pm

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  11. Bob Belvedere
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:12 pm

    Makes me wish for SMOD.

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    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

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  13. Mike G.
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:53 pm

    Evidently more common than you think.

  14. Mike G.
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:55 pm

    Or how about a tall tree and a short rope, the ol’ Oak and Hemp justice system.

  15. rsmccain
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 7:56 pm

    RT @Citzcom: Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.co/…

  16. The Bearded Bastard of Babylon
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 8:26 pm

    This isn’t funny anymore…

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/community-bands-together-to-get-through-lesbiangym,1611/

  17. rsmccain
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 8:27 pm

    RT @MrEvilMatt: Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11: The Philadelphia Inquirer: A Bucks Count… http://t.…

  18. MattRoss
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 8:30 pm

    I’m sure that the #FreeKate crowd will say that it was “consensual.”

  19. Janis_Kelly
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 9:13 pm

    Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cheerleaders. Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 : http://t.co/at0irdYXgh

  20. postaldog
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 9:22 pm

    I was curious as to how they investigated a rape that occurred six years earlier (first story), but according to the article, the victim called the coach and confronted him about it. He acknowledged what he did, apologizing repeatedly, and she was recording the whole thing.
    Nicely done young lady!
    I hope she’s able to deal with the trauma of what happened and get on with her life.

  21. Colorado Alex
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 10:43 pm

    A friend of mine rode competitively as a young woman. Apparently this was very common there as well, from the stories that she’s told me. Young girls hooking up with their coaches was part of the culture.

  22. Dana
    November 3rd, 2013 @ 10:59 pm

    According to our host’s original, some of the victims were 14 and older, so, by the #FreeKate ideas, such shouldn’t be rape at all, but just young luv.

    Of course, the #FreeKaters wouldn’t really say that, since the adults involved were well over 18, and that’s just ick, but it would seem to me that if a person is capable of consenting to sex at age 14, as the #FreeKaters would have us believe, then they are just as capable of consenting to sex with a 38 year old as an 18 year old.

  23. robertstacymccain
    November 4th, 2013 @ 8:11 am

    This happens, and has happened, in all kinds of settings. But whenever it makes news, people always act surprised that it happened. I mean, just look at this phrase:

    “A volunteer cheerleading coach at Monterey High School …

    Doesn’t basic common sense suggest a problem with that idea? I mean, did nobody think, “Hey, wait a minute, here’s a 22-year-old guy who is wants to be a HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COACH so much, he’s willing to do it for free”? Am I the only one who sees this as potentially problematic?

    But common sense is so rare nowadays that it’s quite nearly extinct.

  24. rmnixondeceased
    November 4th, 2013 @ 8:15 am

    But common sense is so rare nowadays that it’s quite nearly extinct.
    ^^^^
    THIS

  25. RKae
    November 4th, 2013 @ 8:42 am

    The media were very powerful (actually, solely responsible) for making sure that “priest” and “molester” were inextricably connected in the public’s hive-mind. When people bring up Catholic Church scandals and I ask, “Do you think your kid is more likely to get molested by a priest or a youth sports coach?” they tell me, “Oh, that doesn’t happen very often, or you’d hear about it more.”
    Of course, the media have 3 tiers of child abuse reporting: 1.) Priest: “He’s automatically guilty!”
    2.) Teacher/coach: “Kids are a lot more sophisticated these days.”
    3.) Satanist/pagan: “False memory syndrome! Evangelical therapist put those thoughts in the kid’s head!”

  26. rmnixondeceased
    November 4th, 2013 @ 9:26 am

    The Jerry Sandusky Memorial Paedophile Training Centre and Sports Academy …

  27. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    November 4th, 2013 @ 10:07 am

    Go Penn!

  28. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    November 4th, 2013 @ 10:07 am

    What ever happened to good old fashioned take the guy out and hang him (not a lynching, give him a trial first then hang him).

  29. rsmccain
    November 4th, 2013 @ 11:41 am

    ICYMI: Youth Football Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 http://t.co/TTXyedcJ0S

  30. rsmccain
    November 4th, 2013 @ 3:20 pm

    RT @Janis_Kelly: Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cheerleaders. Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 : http://t.c…

  31. KateOH
    November 4th, 2013 @ 3:22 pm

    RT @Janis_Kelly: Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cheerleaders. Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 : http://t.c…

  32. OpenlyCatholic
    November 4th, 2013 @ 3:22 pm

    If only cheerleading coaches were allowed to marry. http://t.co/DARERJ7ckC

  33. rsmccain
    November 4th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm

    @crousselle Christine: Some of those incidents were preventable because they were predictable. http://t.co/TTXyedcJ0S @Janis_Kelly

  34. MarkG_03
    November 4th, 2013 @ 5:43 pm

    RT @Janis_Kelly: Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cheerleaders. Coach Charged With Raping Cheerleader When She Was 11 : http://t.c…

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  36. selmasexton14
    November 4th, 2013 @ 6:02 pm

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