Bruce Nealous Charged
Posted by Webmaster in Church Schools, Coaches, ME-MV, New Jersey, Not Guilty
(07/31/07 – Initial BBT Report)
Bruce Nealous, 46, of Edison, New Jersey, a former unpaid volunteer basketball coach at St. Peter’s Elementary School in New Brunswick, New Jersey has been charged with the sexual abuse of a boy who was 9 to 11-years old at the time.
Nealous was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child and police allege the sexual assaults took place both during and after practice sessions.
The alleged victim is now 16-years-old and claims that there had been multiple acts of penetration by Nealous during and after basketball practice on multiple occasions
Nealous is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center and no bail has been set.
At the time of his arrest Nealous is reportedly a coach with the Tri-County Parochial School Leagues.
07/06/09 – Not Guilty
A Middlesex County jury has found Bruce Nealous not guilty.
Reportedly, the trial lasted 6 weeks and the jury required only 40 minutes to find Nealous innocent.
Steven Altman, Nealous’ attorney, said the teen’s allegations simply didn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Altman was also quoted as saying, “We had people come in and pick apart his story. I don’t know why the boy lied, but we had many of his former team members come in and testify for Bruce. I couldn’t believe the outpouring of respect and love the St. Peter’s community had for this man who was accused of sexually assaulting a young boy.”
References:
Acquitted in court, Edison man faces new challenges as he rebuilds his life (07/05/09)
Ex-coach charged in abuse (8/01/07)
Former New Brunswick coach charged with sex assualt (7/31/07)
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There is not much I can add to the Guru’s comments. This poor man sat in jail, probably, for a very long time with very little hope of ever being exonerated. I certainly do hope that he sues and wins. Even though he was found to be Not Guilty, I doubt that his credibility will ever be restored.
To those who believe the kids would never make up a lie like this, here’s a prime example of a kid who did exactly that.
“the trial lasted 6 weeks and the jury required only 40 minutes to find Nealous innocent”
Wow that DA should get fired for wasting money, time in court and a man’s life.
It only took 40 minutes!!! to find him innocent.
I pray Mr. Nealous sues the lying ex-victim plus his parents, the police for not investigating the case properly, and the dumb butt DA for accepting the case.