Soccer coach gets jail for raping unconscious girl, 16, at party

[Blue_Tires]

A Modesto-area soccer coach was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest to raping one of his 16-year-old players as she lay unconscious at his house party.

The coach, 45-year-old Timothy Lyman of Oakdale, was also sentenced Tuesday to three years probation and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.

“Whoever would do this to a 16-year-old girl is just sick,” the girl’s father said, according to Stanislaus County Deputy District Atty. Annette Rees. “This devastated my family. Lots of sleepless nights for my daughter. Sleepless nights for myself. It’s just sick."

Oakdale police said Lyman had sex with the teen Dec. 27 last year after she passed out in his home, where he was hosting a holiday party. Lyman, who was the only adult at the party, allegedly furnished alcohol to underage drinkers, including the victim, the Bee reported.

Prosecutors argued in court that the girl was intoxicated when she fell asleep on a bed. The girl testified that she awoke to find Lyman having sex with her. She told the court she was in a state of shock as Lyman continued while she was awake, the Bee reported.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-soccer-coach-jail-rape-teen-player-20131113,0,934637.story


A year for rape? I thought you could get a year *just* for providing liquor to minors??

[Happyhippychick]

1. I feel absolutely sick when I read"had sex with the teen".

He raped her.
He raped her.
He raped her.

[freshwest]

48. While she was unconsciousX3. After he got her drunkX3. She is a minorX3. He's an authority figureX3.

What if she's pregnant? Will she have to be the mother of the child of her rapist? Will he insist on visitation? X3. X3. X3.

[gollygee]

2. One year?

1. "Had sex?" No, you did not "have sex with" anyone. Jesus Christ. Even if she'd been an adult, you can't "have sex with" someone who is unconscious. That is so clearly rape and so obviously something done to and not with someone.

2. Contrast this to the people in the thread who are in prison for life for non-violent crimes.

3. I'll go out on a limb and say that the coach is probably white.

[seabeyond]

5. point on. he was fucking raping the GIRL. GIRL. an old fuckin man fucking a girl. rape.

just makes me sick

[arely staircase]

7. no shit

One year?

[rudolph the red]

3. That is ridiculous

Not only is the act of rape reprehensible, but as her coach, he was in a position of authority and power over her. They should have given this sick fuck the maximum sentence allowable.

[mythology]

40. This

1 year is a joke, but it's not funny.

[seabeyond]

4. a year.... for fuckin rape. nt

[arely staircase]

13. amazing, isn't it?

Hope you are well my fellow Texan.

[seabeyond]

14. truly blows my mind. an open and shut case like this and a year. says a hell of a lot.

our girls for the taking.

and... your sweet. alls well. looking forward to the davis campaign taking off in my area.

[gollygee]

16. Rape is just barely illegal

He won't go to prison, just country jail. I wonder how much time he'll actually serve.

You can get more time than that for shoplifting.

[seabeyond]

18. meh... we should all feel better and not talk about it cause the numbers shown to us,

tell us, rape is down.

now, we also have plenty of proof that those numbers are bogus across the nation, but that does not matter, either.

we should cheer, celebrate. not complain.

[arely staircase]

22. imagine the trouble he would be in if he had sold her some pot instead of raping her nt

[seabeyond]

25. true that. nt

[gollygee]

28. I read a thread a few hours ago

with a bunch of non-violent offenders, almost all drug crimes, who were all in prison for life.

What good does it do to keep non-violent people in prison? Prison is for people like this rapist.

But no no no, drugs are BAD - so bad you'll go to prison forever! But rape is barely illegal. It's hard to even get arrested for it, let alone convicted, and then if you do get convicted, even if the victim is a minor, was unconscious, and you were in a position of authority over her, you'll still only have a short stint in the county jail.

[defacto7]

53. ^ this ^

[arely staircase]

20. yup

We are going to kick some ass. Stay warm up there.

[seabeyond]

23. i waz just whiney about.... where is my snow. i want some snow. i love the snow. lol. nt

[arely staircase]

27. a friend from pampa once told me

there was a barbed wire fence a few miles out of town to break the wind.

[seabeyond]

35. lol. as the wind is a howling. yes sir. lol. nt

[bluestate10]

6. He should be put in jail for much longer. How can anyone have sex with a person that

is incapable of giving consent?

[seabeyond]

12. he didnt "have sex" with her. he raped her. nt

[undeterred]

8. He should have a penectomy followed by life in prison.

[Lars39]

9. "Oakdale police said Lyman had sex with the teen Dec. 27"...no, he raped her.

WTF

[seabeyond]

10. here is the ugly ass bottom feeder.

[Brigid]

15. Holy Mother of God!

[Beacool]

24. Damn, no wonder he is raping unconscious girls!!

Who the hell would sleep with that fuggly guy if they were fully awake.

[pkdu]

29. This appears to be his F-book page....a disgusting mix of CHRISTIANITY , WWE and bad food.

https://www.facebook.com/tim.lyman.5

[seabeyond]

36. it looks like the rapist has a daughter or two. nt

[JI7]

30. fucking piece of shit

[City Lights]

11. One fucking year?

[Starry Messenger]

17. What in fucking-fuck?

[Beacool]

19. Its called RAPE!!!!!

This is something teenage boys and men need to get it into their heads. If the girl/woman is not conscious, she can't consent to having sex. Therefore, forcing themselves on a passed out person is called RAPE.

In this particular case, the rape is even more egregious because it was committed by an adult on a minor. He should have been protecting these kids, not getting them drunk and raping one of them. That he only got a year for the rape is ridiculous.

[RobertEarl]

21. He must also be a banker?

The hood needs to spend more like 20+ years for this violation.
And be castrated.

[JI7]

26. how is it just 1 year ?

[elehhhhna]

31. ...Confessed to RAPE would be a factual headline.

Got an 11th-grade girl drunk. Raped her. Fucking predator. The courts seem to think that getting on the sex offender registry for life is such a big deal that the sentences are maybe getting shorter? WTF.

[dawg]

32. That isn't justice; it's a mockery.

If it were my daughter, it would take a lot longer than one year for me to cool down.

[Sophiegirl]

49. Were it my daughter

I would be doing life in jail for killing that fucker. And to be honest.... I would serve it gladly after wiping my ass with his entrails. I was raped. The trauma NEVER goes away. It is, in itself, a life sentence of pain, misery and self-disgust. Nothing makes that go away.

This is one person who best NEVER come across me!

[PeteSelman]

33. How can one feel that justice was served?

How can one not kill this guy when he gets out?

It's beyond me.

[gopiscrap]

34. what a douchebag

[Auntie Bush]

37. If castration was the punishment for rape...I bet the incidences of rape would decline fast.

We need to do that...or give them a choice. At least 10 years in jail or castration. They decide!

That disgusting man is really disgusting!

[grasswire]

38. castration is way cheaper for taxpayers

10 years in prison will cost close to half a million dollars.

[JudyM]

39. Agreed. nt

[nomorenomore08]

54. I can understand the emotional appeal. But like the death penalty, mutilation is an irreversible

sentence once carried out, so what about those (however small in number) who will inevitably be wrongfully convicted? Not to mention how Medieval that is as punishment - we might as well be cutting robbers' hands off.

[WonderGrunion]

41. A year? That is fucking disgusting.

He needs a year being buried inside a fire ant hill.

How is it predators get light sentences and smoking pot gets a 5 year minimum sentence?

[nomorenomore08]

55. "Smoking pot" doesn't carry a 5-year minimum sentence. Growing or selling it might

depending on circumstances and amount.

But this is a complete travesty. What possible logic could've led to such a light sentence, I don't even want to know.

[daggahead]

42. If only he had some weed on him ...

He'd get life.

[AverageJoe90]

43. Just a year? ONE f***ing year?! Bullshit. Just unbelievable.

Should have been 10 to 15 years and lifetime probation, at least.....and yet, just smoking pot can get you 5x the sentence.....this is fucking insane.

[Le Taz Hot]

44. I see rape continues to be a good ole boy crime.

I don't understand this sentence. If the ole boys wouldn't give him serious time for raping an underage, UNCONSCIOUS teen, I would think SOMETHING could be added to giving alcohol to minors.

This is some plea bargain shit that the lazy-ass D.A. pulled. I know that scenario too well.

[historylovr]

45. Disgusting.

One year? This is what the trauma this girl went through is worth? One fucking year?

[Tumbulu]

46. Rape is considered some sort of right in this part of the world

I am so sorry to report.

30 years ago I was renting an apartment maybe 100 miles from there and a predator broke in, but we chased him off. The police informed us that this guy had just been released from serving a 7 yr sentence for rape and attempeted murder. He had not succeeded in killing the woman only leaving her paralyzed for life! 7 years for this violence? And here he was breaking into our place? And they wanted us to stay and call them when he broke in again so that they could arrest him in the act....we moved out immediately.

But the poor woman in Florida gets 20 years for shooting a warning shot when her abusive husband was getting ready to beat her up a mere week after giving birth......

Simply outrageous.

[Oakenshield]

47. What the hell? ONE YEAR?!

And just when you think the justice department can't disappoint you more, there they go again.

[flvegan]

50. Sometimes you have to shame the system into working.

I hope there won't be any "he served his time" apologists in his area, selective outrage being what it is. I hope they do right by him.

[BlueJazz]

51. Poor Girl. All I feel is anger and sadness. Every time I read about something like this ..

...I want to go somewhere else.
But I have to be strong and fight this type of behavior.

[Captain Stern]

52. I think the one year was because he plead 'no contest' rather than being found guilty.

My understanding is that pleading no contest isn't an admission of guilt, but just an acknowledgement that the prosecution probably has enough evidence to have you found guilty.

I'm guessing the guy's guilty as hell, but the prosecution wasn't positive that they could convict him, so they let him plea. Or there was no way they could find him guilty without the victim testifying, and the decision was made not to put her through that.

Either way, I think the guy got off easy. I'm against the death penalty, but I'm for more sentences of 'life in prison'. I'd be happy to pay a few more tax dollars to make sure guys like this never walk free again.

[Dreamer Tatum]

56. Always good to see people daring enough to take a strong stance against...rape.

But seriously, I support the death penalty in cases of rape. Or child molestation.