A former Littleton youth soccer club coach and chair president pleaded guilty to third-degree assault in Arapahoe County District Court on Monday, according to court records.
James William Bain, 74, was charged with five counts of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of abuse in September 2022. Bain was a coach at for more than 30 years before he stepped down in June 2022, according to previous reporting.
Bain pleaded guilty to two lesser counts of third-degree assault, both misdemeanors, in a plea agreement with the . The sex assault charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Bain was sentenced to 18 months probation in court Monday.
In a statement, District Attorney John Kellner said several witnesses were unavailable during the scheduled trial dates and the judge denied their request to reschedule.
“There are cases where we believe a tougher sentence is appropriate – like this one – but we are confronted with making a difficult decision based on what we can prove in court,” Kellner said in a statement. “Given these difficult circumstances, a plea deal was the only way to guarantee a conviction.”
An attorney for Bain could not immediately be reached for comment.
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