Yuniesky Ramirez-Martinez.Photo: Miami-Dade Corrections
Content warning: This story contains disturbing descriptions of alleged sexual abuse.
A Florida high school sports coach is accused of surreptitiously filming two teens engaged in a sex act, say authorities.
Ramirez-Martinez was a part-time security monitor and sports coach at Downtown Doral Charter Upper School.
Calling the coach “extremely dangerous,” Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez said, “This is somebody who’s victimizing students, who’s preying on them, taking advantage of students who are in a unique age in their life hormonally, dealing with the pressure of social media, the pressure of different relationships,“NBC Miamireports.
“You are an authority figure in school, you’re supposed to coach, you’re supposed to mentor, you’re supposed to guide these young men and women into the next phase of life and you’re taking advantage of them, for us it gets no worse than that,” Lopez added.
Video from the room allegedly showed Ramirez-Martinez surreptitiously filming the teens on his phone through the two-way window as one of them performed a sex act on the other.
“The Subject then entered the adjacent room, gave Juvenile 2 a “fist bump” and encouraged both Juveniles not to fall in love because they are too young,” the police report said, according to CBS Miami.
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He allegedly approached the female student the next day and said he saw what she had done with the other student and wanted her to do that to him, according to the warrant, NBC Miami reports.
When she asked him if he understood that she was under 18, he said he did — and that he likes minors like her, the warrant alleges, per NBC Miami.
She said no but he allegedly continued to ask her to perform the sex act on him, according to the warrant.
He then threatened her, saying he would tell the other teen that they were having sex if she didn’t have sex with him, the warrant alleges.
On Feb. 17, the teen told her principal, Kim Ortiz, what had happened and the principal called Doral police, CBS4 News reports.
“DDCUS continues to cooperate with all law enforcement authorities and cannot comment further on the investigation.”
He was arrested and taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he remains held on $40,000 bond, according to online jail records.
It is unclear whether he has retained an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
source: people.com
