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A former Clearwater high school wrestling coach assaulted two students after he made them take off their clothes, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said.
Scott Stern, 45, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of simple battery, deputies said.
He was the wrestling coach at Clearwater Central Catholic High from 2003 until recently.
According to investigators, in February, Stern made an 18-year-old male strip, and then grabbed him by the throat and groin area while yelling at him as a form of discipline.
A sheriff’s office report said another student, a 17-year-old boy, was battered by Stern on several occasions between August 2013 and May. The teen was forced to strip, then Stern struck him with a ruler and slapped him on the buttocks, the report said.
On another occasion, the boy was forced to take off his clothes while Stern conducted a strip search, the report said.
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