Cheerleading coach accused of sexual assault

Im sorry you guys but this is ridiculous.people are just blowing this way out of proportion. things happen like this all of the time. im not just saying that, its true people. he might have done it but that doesnt mean he’s a bad person, everyone makes mistakes.

How can you say this is being blown out of proportion. This is a grown man that has sexually assaulted young teen girls more than once. What would you consider a BAD person? Sexually assaulting a girl that was barely a teen and being twice her age… not to say having a baby with a teen… He is a CREEP! and to know that that was happening in a cheerleading gym, ICE ATHLETICS, and all those parents have known about this stuff for years, they just never wanted to face up to it. I hope he gets what he finally deserves. He has done this prior to this instance. THIS IS ALL SICK!!!!

Posted: Monday, 05 May 2008 8:59PM

Cheerleading Academy Coach Charged with Sex Assault on Teen

Naperville Sun Reporting

NAPERVILLE—Bradley S. Abrahams, the part-owner of a private cheerleading academy faces trial on charges of sexually assaulting a then 13-year-old girl inside the school two years ago.

Abrahams, 28, surrendered at 2:10 p.m. Monday at the Naperville police station, police Cmdr. Dave Hoffman confirmed. He was released from the station after posting $100,000 cash as his bail, allowing him to remain free until his trial, Hoffman said.

Abrahams is charged with five felony counts of criminal sexual assault while in a “position of trust,” according to complaints filed Thursday by Naperville police in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton.

He is a cheerleading coach and part owner of the private Illinois Cheer Extreme/ICE Athletics Inc., at 123 Ambassador Drive, in an industrial park.

Hoffman said the alleged victim is a girl from Naperville. She allegedly was abused in “a series of assaults” that occurred throughout March 2006 at the school, he said.

Abrahams is scheduled to be arraigned June 3 in court, Hoffman said.

This is the second time Abrahams has faced similar charges.

He was acquitted Dec. 3, 2004, of a misdemeanor charge of battery. That followed a four-day bench trial in DuPage County Circuit Court.

Two girls ages 16 and 17 claimed they went to Abrahams’ home June 15, 2003. He was accused of kissing the 17-year-old on the mouth and fondling one of her breasts beneath her clothing while they smoked cigarettes outside his apartment on the 800 block of Beaumont Drive, in the Brittany Springs area of far west-central Naperville.

Trial testimony showed Abrahams had met the younger girl via an Internet dating site.

The judge who presided over the trial said the testimony of the elder girl was highly credible, but that of the 16-year-old was not, and that police and prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Abrahams’ actions had been unwelcome.

Great words Ice MOM!