West High coach asked for kisses for jerseys
A West High School coach who allegedly tied up and handcuffed female students required each boy on his football team to kiss him before a recent game, players have told the Daily Breeze.
The odd behavior is now part of the Torrance police investigation into freshman football coach Michael Anthony Smith. The 51-year-old Torrance man was arrested Friday when detectives began looking into charges that he bound 13- to 17-year-old girls with tape for some unknown reason.
The latest allegations, confirmed in interviews with two 14-year-old players who said they kissed Smith at his direction, occurred late in the season, a day before the sixth or seventh game when Smith passed out clean jerseys.
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