ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — After 11 boys between the ages of 10 and 12 years old came forward and accused their baseball coach, Eric Fairman, of sexually abusing them, Fairman finally went before a judge.
At his preliminary hearing today, he and his defense attorney decided to waive the charges against him. This means the case is moving forward to trial.
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“At the end of the day, it’s going to be, can the commonwealth prove beyond a reasonable doubt the charges of the sexual allegations?” Fairman’s defense attorney, Chuck Porter, said.
If Fairman had insisted on having a hearing today, many of the alleged victims would have had to testify.
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“Eric also didn’t want to have all of these young men come in here and testify. It’s a traumatic thing for them to have to come in and testify, and be subject to cross-examination,” Porter added.
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