Delay in Swim Coach Sentencing Frustrates Victims

(KCBS)-The scheduled sentencing of a longtime swim coach convicted of felony child molestation was delayed Friday, causing bitter disappointment among the group of victims and families who attended the hearing.

Sixty-one-year-old Andrew King’s  was scheduled to be sentenced in Santa Clara County Superior Court, but King’s defense attorney told the judge that a psychiatric report on the defendant was not ready yet, and requested more time so that document could be included in the record.

The former head coach of the San Jose Aquatics swim team faces up to 42 years in prison for a combined 20 counts of lewd acts with girls 15 and younger. King has pleaded no contest to charges he molested a girl a 14-year-old girl last year. Some other alleged abuses have exceeded the statute of limitations.

KCBS reporter Chris Filippi said three people gave emotional statements, including two women now in their 40s who said King molested them in the late 1980s and early 90s, and the father of the San Jose teen whose abuse led to King’s arrest last April. That man, who only identified himself as “Chuck”, said he’s disappointed, but willing to be patient to make sure the sentencing is done right. “We need to make sure …there’s no…opportunity for an overturn, and I would rather wait and make sure the sentence is done correctly.”

King will return to court January 29.

SOURCE:  http://www.kcbs.com/Delay-in-Swim-Coach-Sentencing-Frustrates-Victims/6130691