Judge to sentence volunteer coach for probation violation after Ohio high school rape case

Published January 08, 2015

A volunteer football coach whose Ohio house was the scene of a party that preceded the rape of a girl by two high school football players faces just under six months in jail for violating his probation.

Former coach Matt Belardine (BELL'-ahr-deen) pleaded guilty in a Steubenville court last week to four counts of violating conditions of his release after previously pleading no contest to charges related to the rape.

Special Judge Patricia Ann Cosgrove was scheduled to sentence Belardine in Jefferson County court Monday.

The state wants Belardine sentenced to six months in jail minus 10 days already served.

Belardine admitted leaving the state without permission and going to a bar, consuming alcohol, and being arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct in Arizona.

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