Child sex case opens with boys' testimony

One boy said Las Vegas Little League baseball coach Garen Pearson molested him while he read the Bible.

Another boy, an 11-year-old who was so small his face could barely be seen over the witness stand, said Pearson ordered him to repeatedly perform oral sex acts on the coach during a game similar to Truth or Dare.
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Child sex case opens with boys' testimony

One boy said Las Vegas Little League baseball coach Garen Pearson molested him while he read the Bible.

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