Hudson Valley Coach Who Sexually Abused Players Won’t Serve Jail

The Hudson Valley coach who sexually abused his players won’t serve any jail time.

As part of his plead deal, former Nyack Softball College coach Kurt Ludwigsen was sentenced to six years’ probation for forcibly touching his players. The 44 year-old was also ordered to stay away from the six victims until 2022.

According to the lawsuit, Ludwigsen routinely licked his players’ ears, kissed their lips and faces, slapped their buttocks, grabbed their breasts, told them to sit on his laps, and laid on top of them.

The married father also invited porn star Allie Haze to practice with the team and told his players to get life counselling sessions from Haze.

Parents of the victims tell the New York Daily News they are outraged Ludwigsen received no jail time. They are also worried for women in California, where Ludwigsen now lives.

Ludwigsen also won’t have to register as a sex offender. “Because of the ages of young woman nothing he was charged was a registerable sex offense,” Rockland County prosecutor Richard Moran told Hudson Valley Post. “Even though it’s a sex offense in nature, there is nothing he could legally be mandated to register as a sex offender.”

According to Moran, nothing legally would stop Ludwigsen from being hired as a coach in the future, but “google” could hurt his prospective employment chances.

According to the law office of Todd J. Krouner, although Ludwigsen previously pled guilty to forcibly touching his players, he is suing his former players for making false allegations of sexual harassment.