Coach Gets 15 Years for Sex With Cheerleaders
From Times Wire Reports
A Pittsburgh cheerleading coach convicted of taking two teenagers to London for sex was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Scott Hayward drank with the girls, ages 14 and 15, and sexually assaulted them. He was found guilty in July of transporting the teenagers outside the state for the purposes of having sex.
Hayward told the teens they would be competing in an international cheerleading competition, prosecutors said.
Six girls in all went on the 11-day trip in April 2000.
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