Former California cheerleading coach arrested in Fargo on child molestation charges

FARGO — A former California cheerleading coach was arrested in Fargo on child molestation charges in two states. Erick Joseph Kristianson, 44, of A...

May 19, 2023
7:46 PM

FARGO — A former California cheerleading coach was arrested in Fargo on child molestation charges in two states. Erick Joseph Kristianson, 44, of Antioch, Tennessee, faces multiple felonies in Orange County, California, that allege he molested six girls, some as young as 11 years old, while coaching a competitive cheer club near Los Angeles, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Kristianson also faces child molestation and child exhibition charges in Florida related to four young competitive cheer athletes he coached in Daytona Beach, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said.

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