HS Basketball Coach Accused of Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Olds

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 28, 2008 3:24PM

George Turner was held in lieu of $275,000 bond yesterday after being charged with the sexual assault of one teenage girl and the sexual abuse of another. Turner was until Feb 29 the boys varsity basketball coach at Walter Payton College Prep.

According to Assistant State's Attorney Kathleen Muldoon, Turner began assaulting his first victim at the end of December in the school's athletic director's office. The victim says that on other occasions, he assaulted her in his car.

On Feb. 7, Turner drove the girl to an "adult sex store," where he purchased two vibrators and a "pair of shorts," Muldoon said. He then drove the girl to the lakefront, told her to take off her clothes and put on the shorts. He later gave the girl the recently purchased items to keep, Muldoon said.

"The vibrator and shorts have been recovered from victim No. 1."

Turner is also accused of fondling a second 15-year-old on February 28. That victim told the first victim, and the two reported the incidents together. [S-T, Trib, STNG]