Leslie Danielle DeWitt
Convicted- Sentencing date
- 2016 (year only)
- School and location
- Hancock High School
Hancock County, Mississippi - Verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Role
- Coach
What the source reports
Leslie Danielle DeWitt, a former teacher and girls' basketball coach at Hancock High School, was convicted by a jury in 2016 of two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes involving a 16-year-old student she coached; she was acquitted of two sexual battery counts. She was sentenced to two consecutive 15-year terms, 30 years total, without parole. The Court of Appeals affirmed and the state Supreme Court denied review in 2018.
Sources
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