WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A former gymnastics instructor already in jail in Boston awaiting trial on a charge of child rape has been accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old student at a New Jersey gym.
The Union County Prosecutor’s Office says 34-year-old Jorge Rodriguez assaulted the child over the course of six months at the Surgent’s Elite School of Gymnastics location in Westfield. He is charged with second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
NJ.com reports that Rodriguez also worked at the company’s gymnastics schools in Garwood and Roselle Park.
The owner of the company could not be reached for comment.
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Rodriguez is scheduled to face trial in Boston in May. No court appearance in New Jersey has been scheduled.
No attorney information is available.