Ex-coach in Texas gets 50 years for sex abuse
BEAUMONT, TX
The penalty was decided Friday in Beaumont for 49-year-old Louis
Bowden Matthews Jr. He was convicted Thursday of continuous sexual
abuse of a child.
Prosecutors say the girl was 13 when the more two dozen sexual
encounters began in 2008.
Matthews, who's 5 feet 9 inches tall and divorced, denied the
allegations. Matthews testified that he had high blood pressure,
weighed as much as 340 pounds and physically could not have had
relations with the girl.
She testified Matthews promised to marry her when she turned 18.
He has a daughter who's about the same age as the victim.
