CALIFORNIA
Orange County Weekly
[Correction: The trial starts Monday, Feb. 24.]
By Gustavo Arellano
Wed., Feb. 19 2014
Over two years after getting arrested on seven felony charges of molesting his student, the trial of former JSerra High School Spanish teacher Ricardo Aldana is finally going to start today, according to lawyers for the victim.
A quick refresher: Aldana was a popular volleyball coach in South County whose defenders came out in full force upon getting arrested. Those defenders shut up after details emerged that Aldana had also been accused of molesting a student while at Hawthorne High, and that JSerra officials hadn’t uncovered that tidbit. They insisted Hawthorne High brass never told them; the rest of the world laughed.
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