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Former little league coach arrested for spanking players

A father and little league coach is facing charges for allegedly spanking several kids on his team.

Jonathan Russell is facing four counts of assault on a child for spanking his 9-year-old son's baseball teammates over a six-month span.

However, there is an obscure North Carolina law that allows for someone to spank someone else's child - unless that child's parent specifically tells them not to.

Tom Albright, the president of the little league, is now trying to change that law.

"We fully plan on going forward to say, look -- we would like to see the law changed. If you're going to say it's ok to spank your child when he's at your residence then there needs to be a change where you're made to at least tell that parent that that has occurred," said Albright

The investigation against Russell is still ongoing.
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This allegedly happened over a sixth month period and it's just coming out now?Something just doesn't strike me as right about this situation.
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I guess no one made a complaint until now!
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I guess it's possible the kids did not tell their parents as they felt they would get into more trouble. Perhaps some parents did not want to get the coach in trouble as he was a friend or in fact thought he was a good coach or even their kids deserved to be spanked. Of course no one should ever spank a child that is not their own and no one should ever assume they have permission unless they have discussed it with the parents first.
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It says over a six month period but it could be that a child was spanked and then five months later another child was spanked rather than constant spankings over a 6 month period.

Although if these boys are spanked at home they may not mention it in case they get in trouble again or not question being spanked by someone who is not their parent or guardian. I reckon if someone in a position of authority spanked me when I was 9 provided I had deserved to be spanked I probably wouldn't have questioned it and accepted it.
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