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Prosecution: Former Local Youth Soccer Coach Touched Girls, Propositioned Them

Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso faces charges for allegedly targeting five young players with multiple sexual offenses during his 2019 coaching at Toro Canyon Middle School.

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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - A former girls soccer coach from the Coachella Valley was a habitual predator, kissing, fondling and propositioning multiple players, the prosecution said today, while the defense argued the witnesses' testimony was unreliable and possibly driven by a hostile co-worker who encouraged the victims to tell stories. Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso, 29,

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Luis Medina BANNING, Calif. (KUNA) – A former coachella Valley youth football coachman was a common predator who kissed, caressed and made sexual proposals to multiple players, the prosecution said today. The defense argued that the witness testimony was unreliable and possibly motivated by a hostile coworker who encouraged victims to tell stories.

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MyNewsLA.com broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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