A former South Pasadena High School track coach prosecuted on sex charges involving two female students was ordered Friday to attend 52 weeks of sexual compulsion classes and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Hernandez, 33, pleaded no contest in the midst of his trial last week to one misdemeanor count each of child molesting and sexual battery.
A 16-year-old female student reported in April 2014 that Hernandez — then the head track coach at South Pasadena High School — gave her a massage behind a locked door, according to trial testimony. The massage included inappropriate touching of the girl by reaching under her shorts and touching her buttocks, according to prosecutors.
A second girl came forward during the investigation and said Hernandez had touched her in a similar manner.
— City News Service