By Heather Hope, News 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former Western Heights High
School basketball coach Tyrone Nash says he wishes he could move on with his
life. But with facing five counts of second-degree rape and five counts of
forcible oral sodomy, he knows that's not possible.
"Obviously with allegations of
this nature, it puts a strain on ever being able to teach again because who wants to
take a chance on someone that's possibly done something wrong?' Nash says.
Nash is accused of having sex
with a 16-year-old Western Heights student in 2011. It is an allegation he
boldly denies.
So to clear his name, he filed
a motion to have the Oklahoma County Court declare the age of consent law
unconstitutional. But his request was denied.
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"Obviously, we're disappointed
with that," said Nash's attorney David Slane. "But we respect what the court has
said, and we'll move forward to trial."
Nash
even took a lie detector test administered by the former chief examiner for the
Oklahoma Police Department with charts which Oklahoma County District
Attorney's Office Investigator Rich Thornburg checked. Nash answered 'No' to both
questions on the polygraph examination summary that asked if he has sexual
intercourse with the student.
"We're very confident to be
able to prove the things that I have stated almost years ago at this point now
that will come to light," Nash says.
Nash's
next test is taking on a civil law suit that the then 16-year-old student filed
against him last week. The plaintiff states in the court summons, that as "a
result of the defendant's conduct, she suffered personal injuries, emotional
distress and embarrassment, which are painful, progressive and permanent."
The
former Western Heights student is suing Nash for punitive damages for more than
$75,000. News 9 reached out to the attorney for the woman filing the lawsuit
against Nash, but our calls were not immediately returned.
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