The trial of a former volunteer IUP football coach accused in a “sexting” case has been postponed until January. 24-year-old Ty Holler of Latrobe is charged with two counts each of communication with a minor for purposes of sexual abuse, hiring or using a minor to assist in a crime, and corruption of minors.
Holler is accused of sending texts to two Mount Pleasant boys who were 15 and 16 years old at the time in 2014 and 2015, telling them about his sex life at IUP and asking for details about theirs. Investigators say he also sent the boys pictures of a topless woman, telling them she wanted to be with them if they would send explicit pictures of themselves.
Holler claims that a former girlfriend sent the texts while he was sleeping and that he no longer has her contact information. He testified at his preliminary hearing that he and the woman met the older boy at a bar near IUP and the boy later sent an unsolicited nude photo of himself and a video of himself having relations with a girl. His attorney has filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus seeking to have the charges dismisses, a motion to suppress evidence, and a motion for additional discovery.
Holler’s trial was scheduled to begin next Monday, but Westmoreland County Judge Rita Hathaway has rescheduled it for January 8th and scheduled a motions hearing for December 14th.
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