Erick Joseph Kristianson, a 46-year-old former competitive cheerleading coach, was sentenced on April 23, 2026, to 174 years and four months to life in state prison for the sexual abuse of 10 girls.
The sentence, delivered by Orange County Superior Court Judge Kevin Haskins, addresses a pattern of predatory behavior that spanned more than two decades.
A Decades-Long Pattern of Abuse…