The Brief
- A 19-year-old former cheerleader is speaking out after her coach pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and grooming.
- Lily Penn says the abuse began when she was 15 years old and escalated from social media messages to physical intimacy.
- Charles Moore III pleaded guilty this week to several charges involving the exploitation of a child.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – A former cheerleader is sharing her story of survival after her former coach, Charles Moore III, pleaded guilty this week in Gwinnett County to grooming and sexual exploitation of a minor.
What we know:
Lily Penn, now 19, says her ordeal began when she was a 15-year-old student in Moore’s tumbling class. …