A kids baseball coach in New London, New Hampshire, accused of forcing one of his players to enter a game of strip poker, was let go after jurors reportedly found that there was not sufficient evidence to convict him. Late last week, Brian Jensen was acquitted of child endangerment charges in connection with accusations that he forced one of his players into a game of strip poker as well as a subsequent ride on an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) while naked. Jensen was already convicted on these charges this past summer. However, he appealed the verdict, and the current jury ultimately acquitted him of those same charges.

The strip poker case relates to a night in July, 2004, when Jensen took two of his sons and one of his baseball players, who was 12 at the time, for an ATV ride. The defendant claimed that he was forced to play strip poker, and, after losing the bulk of the hands, he was forced to ride naked through the forest where they were trekking. The plaintiff said that his social life suffered a blow after Jensen's sons allegedly began spreading word of the strip poker game at school.

In Jensen's defense, he and both his sons testified that, while they had all embarked on an ATV trip that evening, neither poker nor nudity were involved. Jensen, who defended himself in the case, claimed that the defendant fabricated the strip poker story to get back at Jensen's sons for tormenting him at school.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Monday, 06 March 2006