APRIL 13, 2015, 8:02 PM LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015, 8:03 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. — Six additional charges were filed on Monday against Kurt G. Ludwigsen, the 43-year-old Ridgewood resident accused of inappropriately kissing and touching several softball players he had coached at Nyack College.
The additional charges were revealed at Ludwigsen’s arraignment in South Nyack court on Monday evening.
More than 90 charges of forcible touching of another’s sexual/intimate parts and harassment were brought against Ludwigsen last Thursdayfollowing interviews with between 10 and 20 of his players, who ranged from 18 to 23 years old, South Nyack-Grand View Police Chief Brent Newbury said.
Newbury confirmed another victim had come forward on Monday, resulting in six more “similar charges.” Those charges were not outlined during Ludwigsen’s arraignment. However, Newbury said three were harassment related and three were related to unwanted touching.
Dressed in khaki pants with matching shoes and a purple, white, and dark green plaid shirt and carrying a black backpack, Ludwigsen sat at the back of the court room audience, occasionally cracking his knuckles.
Before his name was called by Judge Thomas Mascola, Ludwigsen — also known as Kurt Vogner — also sent text messages and checked sports scores on his phone.
Ludwigsen approached the bench with his attorney, David Goldstein, who didn’t once remove his sunglasses.
Goldstein waived a reading of the charges against his client, and a not guilty plea was entered on his Ludwigsen’s behalf. The Ridgewood man will return to South Nyack for another hearing on May 11.
Mascola on Monday also approved a protective order sought by the most recent player to press charges against Ludwigsen.
This article reveals exactly how creepy Chris Harris is. Harris knew the man was checking sports scores? How?
How is that creepy? He was simply describing the accused’s actions. No doubt, the reporter was sitting next-to, or behind him.
Some guy gropes a bunch of college-aged girls, and you’re commenting on the creepiness of the reporter writing the story? And you call him biased!
If someone sitting next to me is reading what is on my phone that is creepy.
Harris’ editor nixed the mention of texting and checking sports scores from the hard copy editions of the paper as was the comment about the attorney’s sun glasses deep sided also.
Something doesn’t smell right here….what took the players so long to complain…?
Vogner probably needed 6 or 8 weeks to earn 94 counts….wouldn’t you think…?