Case connected to trainer charged with multiple counts of sexual assault
OMAHA, Neb. —
NU Regent Jack Stark faces felony witness tampering charges, connected to a sexual assault case prosecuted in Douglas County.
Stark, 74, faced a judge Wednesday on the charges, which were brought by the state's attorney general. Judge Thomas Harmon released him on his own recognizance.
Someone who answered Stark's phone number Wednesday evening said the regent had no comment, and referred questions to an attorney.
The allegations against Stark are that he interfered with a witness in August 2020. Court records connect the charges against him to the sexual assault case against Douglas Anders, who coached women in body-building.
Anders was convicted in the case and sentenced in April to up to 30 years in prison.
A police report reviewed by KETV NewsWatch 7 from the Anders case shows a character witness for the defense "received a text message from a person he knows and this person asked him not to testify in this case."
The police document referenced a supplemental report, which is not available for review by reporters.
Stark was elected to the Board of Regents in 2020. He was the longtime Husker Football psychologist during the team's championship years.
OMAHA, Neb. —
NU Regent Jack Stark faces felony witness tampering charges, connected to a sexual assault case prosecuted in Douglas County.
Stark, 74, faced a judge Wednesday on the charges, which were brought by the state's attorney general. Judge Thomas Harmon released him on his own recognizance.
Someone who answered Stark's phone number Wednesday evening said the regent had no comment, and referred questions to an attorney.
The allegations against Stark are that he interfered with a witness in August 2020. Court records connect the charges against him to the sexual assault case against Douglas Anders, who coached women in body-building.
Anders was convicted in the case and sentenced in April to up to 30 years in prison.
A police report reviewed by KETV NewsWatch 7 from the Anders case shows a character witness for the defense "received a text message from a person he knows and this person asked him not to testify in this case."
The police document referenced a supplemental report, which is not available for review by reporters.
Stark was elected to the Board of Regents in 2020. He was the longtime Husker Football psychologist during the team's championship years.
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