Torrance Sex Crime Charges Decend on High School Coach
Torrance High School Coach Pleads Guilty to Molesting Students
Barry Sacks, a former Peninsula High School coach in Torrance, pleaded guilty on October 27, 2008 to two counts of child molestation in Torrance. According to an article in the Daily Breeze, the 49-year-old Sacks was sentenced to 60 days in jail. He must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, serve 30 says of community service on a Caltrans work crew and remain on probation for five years. In addition, he must also undergo 52 weeks of sex offender counseling. This plea bargain got seven other counts dismissed against the high school coach.
Sacks was reportedly arrested in July and later charged in Torrance Superior Court with nine misdemeanor counts of child molestation. Prosecutors characterized the coach’s actions as “opportunistic,” the Daily Breeze article reports. For example, he would touch teens’ breasts or buttocks over their clothing under the guise of directing them in their athletics, the report states. Sacks has been ordered by the court to stay away from the nine victims and is also not allowed to be alone with minors.
