EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A cheerleading coach accused of having a sexual relations ship with a girl beginning when she was 13 was charged Thursday in Everett with child rape.
Snohomish County prosecutors say 36-year-old Michael Sijera Cielo of Fife met the seventh-grader at a cheerleading program and had sex with her several times in 2006 and 2008. The girl, now 17, told a counselor who contacted Everett police.
The Daily Herald reports Cielo has worked with many cheerleading squads in the Puget Sound area.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com