Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Coach Admits Videotaping Girls’ Locker Room

From Staff And Wire Reports

Gymnastics coach Matthew Erichsen has admitted he secretly videotaped girls changing their clothes in a bathroom at the Auburn gym.

Erichsen, 37, pleaded guilty here Thursday to sexual exploitation of minors. King County prosecutors are recommending a three-year prison term when Erichsen is sentenced Oct. 17.

He was arrested in March after another employee at Washington Gymnastics found the video of the girls, ages 9 to 11.

The girls’ families are also suing Erichsen. They fear he may have sold copies of the video as child pornography.