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Ex-Ridgewood man accused of molesting college softball players takes plea deal

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JANUARY 30, 2016, 12:21 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016, 1:13 PM
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SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — The former women’s softball coach at a suburban New York Christian college charged with sexually harassing his players won’t have to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of forcible touching, his attorney said Saturday.

But former Nyack College coach Kurt Ludwigsen still faces a civil lawsuit from three members of his team who say he at one point also invited them to get life coaching from an adult film star.

Ludwigsen will serve three years of probation and complete community service following his guilty plea earlier this month, attorney David Goldstein said.

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Ex-Ridgewood man accused of molesting college softball players due in court next week

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Ex-Ridgewood man accused of molesting college softball players due in court next week

AUGUST 20, 2015, 7:22 PM    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015, 9:21 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
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Kurt Ludwigsen, the former Ridgewood resident accused of molesting seven of the college softball players he was coaching, will be back in court next week following the postponement of a hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Ludwigsen, 44, the former Nyack College softball coach, has been indicted on 197 counts of first-degree felony coercion, forcible touching, sexual abuse, and harassment.

He has pleaded not guilty to all counts.

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Ex-Ridgewood man accused of improper sexual contact of college softball players faces more charges

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JULY 28, 2015, 6:57 PM    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015, 11:07 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
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Additional criminal counts have been filed against a former Ridgewood resident accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with seven of the college athletes he had coached.

A grand jury in Rockland County, N.Y., returned a 197-count indictment last month against Kurt G. Ludwigsen, the 44-year-old former coach for Nyack College’s softball team.

The indictment formalized the 190 counts of forcible touching and sexual abuse Ludwigsen was initially arrested on three months ago and added seven charges of first-degree felony coercion.

Related:   More charges for Ridgewood man accused of improper sexual contact by college softball players

Ludwigsen is due back in court on Aug. 19 at 9:30 a.m. in front of Rockland County Supreme Court Judge William Kelly.

Ludwigsen allegedly touched the buttocks and breasts of seven of the team’s players, including four freshmen, according to the indictment, and none of the women consented to the sexual contact.

The sexual abuse allegedly occurred between Sept. 1, 2014, and March 5 — just days before Ludwigsen was fired by the college, the indictment says.

 

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