Huntington Uni drama

Okay ... here is the ACTUAL AFFIDAVIT charging Nicholas Johnson with 4 felonies ...

in.milesplit.com

Police Affidavit Adds Details To Charges Against NAIA Coach

Becca Atchley

A police affidavit has shed more light on the criminal charges filed against former Huntington University cross country and track and field coach

Link:in.milesplit.com/articles/291011/polic...

My apologies - here is the AFFADAVIT ...

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Johnson Nicholas Probable Cause.pdf

Cory Mull

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Link:www.scribd.com/document/488931969/John...

Name
Nicholas Johnson
City
Huntington
State
IN
Sport Affiliation(s)
USA Track & Field
Misconduct
Criminal Disposition - Sexual Misconduct; Criminal Disposition - involving a minor
Action Taken
Ineligible
Additional Detail
Date of Issuance
02/17/2021
Adjudicating Body
U.S. Center for SafeSport

Plea deal bc the victim refused to cooperate. Be happy you got away with it I guess.

Why’d he accept the plea deal if there was nothing there?

I am intimately involved with the Justice system and what you stated here is simply false. There is no “trial result.” A trial happens when the case is put to a fact finder—typically a jury but sometimes a judge if it’s a bench trial—to determine whether the defendant is guilty of the charged crimes. That simply didn’t happen here. There was no trial. Also plea deals happen for countless reasons. It’s not typically because something didn’t happen—the defendant here lost his position and livelihood (see safesport). If he was innocent he’d have taken it to trial. Instead, the affidavit of probably cause indicated (1) he admitted his “chest treatment” touching “crossed the line” and (2) the victim initially lied to protect the defendant. When you see this but there’s a reduced charge plea deal it typically means the defendant engaged in unlawful conduct but the victim was not cooperative. The prosecution can subpoena the victim and force them to testify but that rarely happens because that would cause further trauma to the victim and if they lied before they may lie again on the stand. Instead, get a plea deal so the defendant has a record that will stop him from engaging in further predatory actions (again, it worked, see safesport) and let the victim move on to the extent they can.

So, again, if there is a judicial decision saying the defendant didn’t do what he’s accused of, I think everyone wants to k ow. But it’s clear that you can’t because it simply doesn’t exist.

An innocent person would want to go to trial to clear their name.

A guilty person wants to sign a plea bargain to avoid having to go to trial in the first place.

That affidavit contains some interesting details. Apparently he was impersonating Julian Steele, who was a coach at the University of Oregon.

To be fair, this is a common assumption but isn’t always true for numerous different reasons. That being said, none of those numerous reasons would seem to apply in this situation and I agree with that takeaway in at least this one particular case.

Recruiters are really going the extra mile to get talent these days.

In federal criminal cases, only 2% actually go to trial.

Lauren was hired because the AD was her basketball coach while she was at HU. There's plenty of other sketchy stuff going on at that school from the athletes I talked to who transferred out after right before and after Nick was fired/charged.

Nick is also still around the school which is mindblowing.