DA Files No Charges Against High School Coaches
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The decision comes after a school district investigation concluded that coaches had violated at least nine state and federal laws.
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The decision comes after a school district investigation concluded that coaches had violated at least nine state and federal laws.
Sheriff spokesman says investigators have finished their probe into allegations that coaches received kickbacks and bribes.
The woman who first reported the scheme says multiple laws were broken. The lawyer for one of the fired coaches calls the school district’s investigator incompetent.
School board votes unanimously to dismiss coaches at San Clemente, Capistrano Valley and Dana Hills high schools.
Superintendent of the Orange County Department of Education
plans to discuss the issue with education leaders statewide.
Coaches from at least 63 schools throughout Southern California
allegedly had access to a slush fund created by a now defunct
sports apparel and equipment company.
An Irvine couple that acquired a now defunct Laguna Hills-based
sports apparel and equipment company say its previous owners paid
out as much as $700,000 in taxpayer money from slush funds, some of
which went into coaches’ pockets.