Female Coach Guilty of Sex with Female Player - Updated

(Goodyear, Arizona) Former girls' athletics coach at Desert Edge High School, Susan Jayne Anderson, now 29, has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual conduct with a minor for engaging in sex with a female student.

Sentencing in Maricopa County Superior Court is scheduled for April 3.

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Female Coach, 28, and Female Player, 15
[Previous 2/6/08 post]
(Goodyear, Arizona) A 28-year-old volleyball and basketball coach at Desert Edge High School, Susan Jayne Anderson, was arrested Monday for allegedly engaging in sexual relationship with one of her female basketball players starting when the girl was 15.

Anderson has been charged with sexual abuse and sexual conduct with a minor. According to the police, Anderson admitted that she "preyed on victims due to their vulnerability."

Police said their investigation into the alleged, one-year-long relationship led them to intercept and retrieve messages on myspace.com that contained information that indicated that a sexual relationship may have taken place.

Investigators said they also obtained phone records belonging to the coach and victim that revealed the pair had been engaging in multiple, hour-long conversations daily since December 2007. Officers also foound thousands of text messages between the two during the same time period.

The victim said there were three to four incidents where Anderson had given her a ride home and that they had engaged in sexual contact, according to court documents.

Anderson is reported to also be a fitness teacher at Centerra Mirage Elementary School. Notably, none of the alleged inappropriate behavior is believed to have occurred on school grounds.

Anderson was booked into custody and released on $18,000 bond.

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