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Former volunteer Steubenville football coach Matthew Belardine was sentenced to 10 days in jail after allowing underage teens to drink at his house during an August 2012 party.

(Joshua Gunter, Plain Dealer file)

CLEVELAND, Ohio --A former volunteer Steubenville football coach accused of allowing underage drinking at a 2012 party attended by a 16-year-old girl and two high school football players convicted last year of raping her, was sentenced today to serve 10 days in jail.

Visiting Judge Patricia Ann Cosgrove also ordered Matthew Belardine to do 40 hours of community service and pay a fine of $1,000, according to a release from the Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office. Belardine had pleaded no contest to the charges.

Belardine was indicted, along with several Steubenville school officials by a special grand jury convened by DeWine to investigate whether other potential crimes should be charged in connection with the rape case, which had garnered international attention.

Additional charges including obstructing official business and contributing to the delinquency of minors were dropped.

Belardine allowed the teens to drink at his house and was the adult who eventually broke up the August 2012 party at his home where the 16-year-old West Virginia girl and the two football players convicted in her rape were drinking along with dozens of other high school students, according to testimony at the March 2013 trial.

Two other adults indicted by the grand jury in relation to the rape case have entered into plea agreements that allow charges against them to be dropped in exchange for performing community service.

Earlier this month, a Steubenville teacher and wresting coach made an agreement to have misdemeanor charges against him dismissed in exchange for doing community service that includes raising awareness about sexual assault.

Seth Fluharty was indicted by the special grand jury in November on a charge he failed to report child abuse or neglect. The charge related to his knowledge of the August 2012 rape.

A district principal, Lynett Gorman, struck a similar deal in January that calls for her charges to be dropped in June if she completes 40 hours of community service at a rape crisis or victim assistance center.

Still facing felony charges are Steubenville Superintendent Michael McVey and Information Technology Director William Rhinaman. Rhinaman's daughter, Hannah, pleaded guilty in February to theft charges uncovered during the investigation but unrelated to the rape case

Last March, two teen football players were found delinquent – the juvenile equivalent of guilty – on rape and other charges in the case after a trial in Jefferson County Juvenile Court.

Trent Mays, then 17, a quarterback for Steubenville's "Big Red" football team, was sentenced to a minimum of two years in a youth facility for the rape and taking nude photos of the 16-year-old. Both the boys and the girl were drinking, and testimony indicated that the assault occurred when the girl was drunk and appeared to be passed out.

Ma'lik Richmond, then 16, was sentenced to a minimum of a year in a youth facility. He has since been released.

The case captured international attention after accusations surfaced that there was a cover-up by school and local officials to protect the high school athletes. Those accusations and a disturbing video made by a friend of the accused teens went viral with the help of social media and internet hacker-activists affiliated with the group Anonymous.