Why is this guy not in jail? SGV parents, how would you have handled this loser?
Above: This story from ABC News is disturbing. A 40-year-old track coach wedding his 16-year-old student? How is this happening, and should police have stepped in sooner? Unfortunately, the parents gave in and agreed to sign a consent form to allow the marriage. The lesson here, don't give in to your children. Continue harassing police, school administrators, and if that doesn't work, go to the media. Never sign a consent that is not in the best interest of your child. Even so, a consent form should not be a "get out of jail free card" for sexual predators.
For more on this, visit ABC News' webiste at:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3305652&page=1
North Carolina - - The Hagers are trying to figure out how life went off track for their teenage daughter, Windy.
They envisioned that life for the good student and promising athlete would be filled with dreams of the prom and college, but that all changed this week when Windy, 16, married her high school track coach.
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"She was a dream kid," said her mother, Betty Hager. "We'd never have to worry about Windy trying to get by with something."
At South Brunswick High School in North Carolina, Windy's greatest passion was track and field.
"She just always was outside, always running, and her name's Windy — I guess she was predestined to do love to do that," Betty said.
But that passion led her down a troubling path.
Special Attention From Coach
During Windy's freshman year, her 38-year-old track coach, Brenton Wuchae, began taking a more active interest in her, offering to give the 14-year-old rides home from practice.
"He just seemed like a genuine guy, like he was there for the kids," said Windy's father, Dennis Hager.
But the Hagers eventually grew uneasy. Their phone bills showed text messages between Wuchae and Windy as late as 2 a.m.
They also discovered worrying e-mails. In one, Windy wrote to a friend, "I don't care to look at anyone other than him. He is the apple of my eye, I've never felt this way for someone, but I just don't want to lose him because of my parents' power trips."
The Hagers confronted Wuchae.
"He assured me there was nothing like that going on, [and that] they were just friends. His intentions were purely appropriate," Dennis said.
Not satisfied with that answer, the Hagers turned to the school district, which spoke to the coach.
The principal of the high school wrote to the Hagers, "I have seen nothing but a cooperative attitude from the teacher, and to the best of my knowledge, he has not had any contact with Windy since then."
"School officials can't be responsible for what happens the other hours of the day, and I would think the relationship developed much more outside of school," said Brian Shaw, an attorney for the school district.
The Hagers contacted police; they even tried to get a restraining order.
"We've tried everybody. We've been to the law. We've been to the school board," Betty said. "Our family has come and tried to talk to her. We've had people on the phone with her for hours — family, friends. We've been to our pastor asking for guidance. We've been to his pastor."
Meanwhile, the Hagers say Windy withdrew, refusing to speak to them until she asked them to sign a consent form so that she and her coach — a man more than twice her age — could get married.
Although anguished, her weary parents gave in.
"Signing those consent forms was the hardest thing I did in my whole life, but we had to move on, it was going to kill us all," Dennis said.
Monday, Windy and Wuchae married, and he resigned from the school.
But was Windy really old enough to understand her decision? Experts say it's a difficult situation.
"With most teenagers, they're not sure yet who's who and what's what and what should be done," said Henry Paul, author of the book "Is My Teenager OK?" "It's obviously up to the adult figure to set the boundaries."
Windy and her new husband would not comment for this story, but the Hagers realize what they've lost.
"She could have done anything," Betty said. "She could have set the world on fire. She threw it all away."
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What's the big deal? If they love each other, why not? 16 is old enough to drive, why not marry? Hell, 16-year-olds got married all the time just a couple of generations ago.
I 2nd the previous post...lets stick to high school sport issues.
We have had no postings on this subject for a week. Can we delete this subject? I am tired of logging onto this blog, and seeing that picture of the smiling pervert.
Let the Legal Dept. handle this incident...lets stick to FOOTBALL related issues.
Her parents were WEAK when she needed them most. Any 40 year old who marries a 16 year old is plain and simple a pedophile.
It's legal IF the parents sign the consent forms. The parents gave in WAY too easy on this. They were affriad their daughter would never speak to them again, but sometimes being a parent means pissing your kid off.
And yeah, I'm not sure if I was on a jury and the parent below took a shotgun to the guy... I'm not sure I could convict him.
That being said, moving away would have been my next option.
IS this even legal?
I would definitely let my daughter marry someone several times her age.
Sincerely,
Anna Nicole Smith's dad
What did this coach do that was so wrong?
Sincerely,
Woody Allen
that coach is awesome!
sincerely,
roman polanski
Can i just say.. this coach is very lucky it wasn't my kid... since dad has a shot gun
Fred, I just saw this article on ESPN.com, I was hoping you would post a thread about it. I just can't believe the parents gave consent. This is tragic. A situation wouldn't get this far in the SGV, at least I hope it wouldn't. My track coaches were definitely above reproach when it came to their female athletes.