"SAN JOSE - A lawsuit over a former youth hockey coach's serial sexual abuse of a San Jose Jr. Sharks player has ended in a $4.6 million settlement, reached a few months after the coach was convicted of an array of felonies that will yield a lengthy prison sentence. Kevin Whitmer, 34, of Denver, pleaded no contest Aug. 26 to a dozen counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14"
"The abuse of Doe spanned 2021 and 2022 starting when he was 12 years old, and Whitmer was accused of grooming him, highlighted by claims that he would take the player into a locker room at Sharks Ice, tell him to sit on his lap, wrap his hands around his waist, and massage his chest and stomach. That allegedly escalated to Whitmer performing sexual acts on the boy after nearly every lesson,"
A $4.6 million settlement resolved a lawsuit arising from serial sexual abuse by former youth coach Kevin Whitmer against a San Jose Jr. Sharks player. Whitmer pleaded no contest to a dozen counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and a count of possessing images or videos of a minor, and faces an expected 25-year prison term under a plea agreement with sentencing tentatively scheduled for February. The lawsuit alleged Sharks Sports & Entertainment and Sharks Ice failed to enforce USA Hockey chaperone rules, allowed unauthorized locker room access, and ignored complaints of inappropriate contact. The abuse allegedly began in 2021 when the victim was 12 and escalated to repeated sexual acts and image exchanges.
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