MAY 12, 2015, 8:27 AM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015, 8:33 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. — A Ridgewood man and former Nyack College softball coach charged with more than 90 counts of harassment and forcible sexual touching returned to court Monday afternoon for a brief hearing.
Kurt Ludwigsen spoke not a word during his appearance before Judge Dennis Lynch in South Nyack’s courthouse.
Authorities in Nyack arrested Ludwigsen last month after several members of his softball team — between the ages of 18 and 23 — accused him of touching and kissing them inappropriately.
Ludwigsen’s wife, Ann, said in a statement released soon after his arrest that she was “shocked to learn of the charges filed” against her husband and “was wholly unaware of the circumstances surrounding the allegations and is learning the facts of this matter as they unfold.”
Ludwigsen has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The judge set Aug. 3 as the date for Ludwigsen’s next court appearance.
Meanwhile, police in Petaluma, Calif., said they had conducted a brief criminal investigation into “loose” allegations made against Ludwigsen.
No charges were filed against Ludwigsen, said Petaluma police Lt. Dan Fish, who added that the “very non-specific” allegations were “4 years old” and “revolved around sports.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/softball-players-accuse-ridgewood-man-1.1332068
The story should be corrected.. “AZ or CA man, who mooches from his inlaws (prob soon to be former inlaws) ..not ridgewood man. I know some of our new arrivals bring their city attitudes with them, but the story should be updated.