Bahram Hojra was recently convicted of sexually assaulting 10 teenage girls while they were training with him, while the parents were there by the pool.
Prosecutors were very descriptive of how Hejra assaulted them saying he “touched their breasts, twisted their nipples, touched their genitals above and below their swimsuits, and digitally penetrated them underwater during training sessions.”
He was saying it was to toughen them up
The coach will tell the team that these things were needed to “strengthen” them in tournaments and competitions.
The trial in which Bahram Hojra was convicted lasted for five weeks, and after all the evidence was presented, the 46-year-old was found guilty of 22 felonies, which included sexual battery, penetration and lewd acts against a child.
The girls were between the ages of 13 and 17
His students ranged in age from 13 to 17 at the time of the incidents from 2012 to 2017.
Prosecutors said the water polo players were between the ages of 13 and 17 at the time of the incidents, from 2012 to 2017. The jury also found him guilty of simple assault on a member of the Jane Does team.
His booth testified in his own defense and he apparently denied the allegations saying it was all part of a sporting conspiracy against him.
The parents there had no idea the coach was doing all these things to the girls.
The prosecutor said some words to the victims
DA Todd Spitzer said my heart goes out to each and every one of these victims and to their parents who did everything they could to help their children achieve their sporting dreams and instead had to learn the painful truth, which was that their daughters had been molested right in front of them – and there was nothing they could have done. to protect them,”
He later thanked the girls’ bravery for coming out and condemning the predator “Fortunately, these brave girls had the courage to speak out about the abuse and prevented other girls from being molested.”
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