A youth baseball coach and teacher was arrested on a charge lewd and
lascivious molestation after allegedly groping the behinds of three
boys, according to police in Florida.
Kissimmee police said that they have arrested 26-year-old Nicholas Groth
of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, after being accused of repeatedly molesting
the young boys as they were swimming in a pool at the Disney’s Pop
Century Resort.
Groth was charged with five counts of lewd and lascivious molestation.
He was booked into jail, and he is being held without bail.
According to the police investigation, the incident unfolded on Sunday
night. The victims are 7, 12, and 13 years old. Groth was at the resort
for a baseball tournament with a team of young boys.
The victims told police that Groth was throwing a ball around in before
grabbing their behinds. One of the boys told Groth to please stop, but
he grabbed the child’s behind several more times.
When questioned by a man at the pool, Groth said that he is a baseball coach and would never touch a child in such a manner.
When questioned by police, Groth said he was sorry and it was not his personality.
