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PEORIA, AZ — Former Peoria High School basketball coach Patrick Battillo, also known as prominent Valley sports fan"Mr. ORNG," was officially fired from the Peoria Unified School District Thursday, more than two weeks after his arrest on charges related to child sex crimes.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Battillo is accused of using Snapchat to contact at least one male student, offering him money in exchange for sexually explicit videos and pictures."I just want to publicly apologize, again, to the families that this individual committed to their children and I want to say 'thank you' to the principal for reporting this individual to the police she did a great job of doing that," Rooks said.
The parents also said they feel like the school district hasn't been transparent with them as far as updates on the situation. "We want accountability, and what does accountability look like to us? We want them to clean house. We want the suspension of the Peoria High School basketball program until the coaching staff is replaced and there is a commitment to placing safe and wholesome adults in front of our future basketball players," said Black Mothers Forum Founder and CEO Janelle Wood.
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