A Cook County judge has found a former boys basketball coach at Walter Payton College Prep High School guilty of sexually abusing two female students.
Before finding 46-year-old George Turner guilty June 30 on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Circuit Court Judge James Linn noted that Turner was a highly respected coach at the prestigious public school when he seduced one 15-year-old and attempted to seduce another teenage girl. Turner was acquitted on more serious charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault.
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