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OC Cheerleading Coach Gets 174 Years to Life for Decades of Child Molestation

The judge ordered lifetime sex-offender registration and credited 1,622 days of custody after jurors found him guilty on 23 felony counts.

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Erick Joseph Kristianson was handed down a life sentence in Orange County for the sexual assault of 10 girls in cases dating back to the late 1990s.

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An Orange County cheerleader coach, 46, was sentenced on Thursday to more than 174 years in prison to life imprisonment for abusing 10 girls in attacks that go back more than two decades. Erick Joseph Kristianson was convicted in December of 23 counts of sexual assault on minors, aggravated by multiple victims and serious sexual conduct. Orange County High Court judge Kevin Haskins sentenced the defendant to 174 years and four months in prison t…

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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