FLORIDA
WFLA
[with video]
By Melissa Beckman
CLEARWATER, FL (WFLA) –
A former high school wrestling coach, accused for making students strip naked and battering them and arrested, has bonded out of jail.
Pinellas County Sheriff’s detectives say they know of two victims and believe there may be others out there.
The Sheriff’s Office arrested Scott Stern, 45, Tuesday. He resigned from his coaching position at Central Catholic High School two weeks ago.
Detectives say Stern made the first victim take off all of his clothes, and then grabbed him by the throat and groin area while yelling at him. The second victim claims he was battered on several occasions between August 2013 and May 2014. The teen claims Stern forced him to take off all his clothes and struck him with a ruler.
Stern’s attorney tells 8 On Your Side his client is innocent of the charges.
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