Ex-Nyack College Softball Coach Takes Deal In Sexual Harassment Case

SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A former women's softball coach at Nyack College accused of sexually harassing his players won't have to register as a sex offender as part of a deal, according to his attorney.

In exchange, Kurt Ludwigsen has pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of forcible touching. He will serve three years of probation and complete community service, attorney David Goldstein said.

"He's ready to put it all behind him and get this over with,'' Goldstein said.

But Ludwigsen still faces a civil lawsuit from three members of his team who claim he at one point also invited them to get life coaching from an adult film star.

The 44-year-old married father of two was accused by more than a dozen players of kissing, touching and sexually harassing them, prompting authorities to charge him last April with nearly 200 counts. He was fired in March.

In the ongoing civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, three members of the softball team claim the school failed to protect them against Ludwigsen. The suit is asking for unspecified damages.

According to the lawsuit, Ludwigsen touched them inappropriately by licking their ears, telling them to sit on his lap, lying on top of them, kissing their faces and punching one of them in the breasts for perceived batting errors.

Todd Krouner, a lawyer for the players, said they are "delighted'' Ludwigsen admitted his guilt.

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