Coverage dated May 10, 2023

Ex-OC Cheerleading Coach Charged With Molesting Girls

Headline from NBC Los Angeles

A former competitive cheerleading coach in Orange County has been charged with molesting six girls as young as 11 years old while coaching at a cheer club and a Mission Viejo high school.

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Reports & sources

12 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC News

    Ex-competitive cheerleading coach accused of molesting young athletes (opens NBC News)

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    The allegations involving Orange County, California, athletes came to light after Erick Joseph Kristianson’s arrest on child molestation and child exhibition charges in Florida related to four young competitive cheer athletes he coached in Daytona Beach.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Ex-OC Cheerleading Coach Charged With Molesting Girls (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    A former competitive cheerleading coach in Orange County has been charged with molesting six girls as young as 11 years old while coaching at a cheer club and a Mission Viejo high school.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    Ex-California cheerleading coach charged with molesting girls (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former competitive cheerleading coach has been charged with molesting girls as young as 11 years old in Southern California and he faces similar charges in Florida, prosecutors said Wednesday.

  4. KTLA Los Angeles

    Former O.C. cheerleading coach arrested on molestation charges; additional victims sought (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    A former competitive cheerleading instructor in Orange County was arrested and charged with multiple felony counts of molesting six girls while he was their coach. Erik Kristianson, 44, of Antioch,…

  5. Los Angeles Times

    Former O.C. cheerleading coach charged with molestation, faces similar charges in Florida (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A former competitive cheerleading coach has been charged with molesting young girls in Southern California and faces similar charges in Florida.

  6. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Former OC cheer coach charged with molesting 6 girls, some as young as 11 (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    A former cheerleading coach in Orange County has been charged with multiple felonies for molesting six girls - some as young as 11 years old.

  7. New York Post

    Former California cheerleading coach charged with molesting young girls (opens New York Post)

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    Erick Joseph Kristianson, a former coach at an Orange County cheer club and at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, is also facing child molestation and child exhibition charges.

  8. Foxla

    Former OC cheer coach charged with molesting six girls (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Erick Kristianson is charged with molesting six girls in Orange County in the mid-2000s between the ages of 11 and 16.

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