He preyed on them as teenagers. He groomed them. He pretended to be their protector. And then he raped them and sexually abused them with objects.
“He took what was sacred to me,” said one victim of former Key Biscayne gymnastics coach Oscar Olea in court on Thursday.
In an embarrassment for prosecutors of State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s office, two of three adult victims told the court to reject a plea deal that would put Olea in prison for 12 years. In the end, Judge Alberto Milian – clearly torn – accepted the plea deal for crimes that Olea committed as far back as 16 years ago…