HASTINGS, MI – Disgraced former Major League Baseball player Chad Curtis will learn his fate Thursday, Oct. 3 when a judge sentences him following his conviction for sexually assaulting three Lakewood High School girls.

The 44-year-old faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison after he was found guilty Aug. 16 of six counts of criminal sexual conduct by a Barry County Circuit Court jury.

Curtis was a weight-training and football coach at Lakewood Schools before two girls came forward saying they had been groped by the privately contracted substitute teacher in 2012.

The 15-year-old students accused him of inappropriately touching their buttocks and a 16-year-old said he touched her private areas and fondled and kissed her breasts.

In that instance he was found guilty of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, which includes sexual penetration.

Curtis played for the six major league teams including the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees in a decade-long career that came to an end in 2001.

After a week-long trial, Curtis was found guilty of second, third and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Curtis is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Amy McDowell at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3.

MLive will cover the sentencing live from the Hastings courthouse. Follow along in the comments section below for updates as they occur.



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