Erick Joseph Kristianson, a cheerleading coach who was previously accused of exposing himself to teenage girls and fondling another girl, has now been accused of molesting six young athletes as young as 11 in California.
Kristianson was arrested on a warrant for allegedly sexually abusing six girls while coaching at a competitive cheer club and a high school in Mission Viejo, California
He faces a maximum sentence of 105 years to life plus five years and four months if convicted on all charges. Kristianson is charged with seven felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor under 14; five felony counts of lewd acts upon a child age 14 or 15; two felony counts of sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor under 18; one felony count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a minor under 16, and one felony count of oral copulation of a person under 16 years old.
Kristianson worked as a competitive cheerleading coach in Anaheim from 2002 to 2008 and as an assistant cheer coach at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo in 2005, where he is accused of gaining access to six young girls that he allegedly molested in Orange County. Kristianson is accused of molesting five other Orange County girls he coached between 2002 and 2007, routinely taking some of the girls to off-campus events and to his home where he would molest them, according to authorities.
One of the girls quit cheerleading after Kristianson allegedly molested her at his home, but she did not report the alleged abuse at the time
Kristianson was previously arrested for child molestation and child exhibition charges related to four young competitive cheer athletes he coached in Daytona Beach. He was out on bail when he was arrested for the Orange County charges. The allegations against Kristianson involving the teens in California came to light in 2022 after he was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, on suspicion of masturbating on camera to three children between the ages of 11 and 13 and touching the breasts of another 13-year-old girl.
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