Ex-San Jose State trainer sentenced to 2 years for groping students

The former director of sports medicine at San Jose State University was sentenced to two years in prison for groping female student-athletes who were seeking medical care.

The former director of sports medicine at San Jose State University was sentenced to two years in prison for groping female student-athletes who were seeking medical care, federal prosecutors said.

Scott Shaw was arrested and charged with civil rights counts in March 2022, and he pleaded guilty in August after a trial that ended in a deadlocked jury, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Northern California said in a statement.

Shaw admitted to touching the breasts and buttocks of four student-athletes without a medical reason and without their consent, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

The incidents that Shaw pleaded guilty to happened between 2017 and 2020. Shaw was an athletic trainer and the athletes went to him for help when they were in pain, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Six student-athletes testified during a trial in July on six counts, but it ended in a deadlocked jury and a mistrial was declared, NBC Bay Area reported and court records show.