{"id":591072,"date":"2021-07-14T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591072"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:06:37","slug":"he-claimed-the-ga-tech-basketball-coach-sexually-assaulted-his-girlfriend-he-was-just-convicted-of-making-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-claimed-the-ga-tech-basketball-coach-sexually-assaulted-his-girlfriend-he-was-just-convicted-of-making-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"He Claimed The GA Tech Basketball Coach Sexually Assaulted His Girlfriend. He Was Just Convicted Of Making It Up."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhe-claimed-the-ga-tech-basketball-coach-sexually-assaulted-his-girlfriend-he-was-just-convicted-of-making-it-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591072&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230366067.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A man who was behind a conspiracy to falsely accuse the Georgia Tech basketball coach of sexual assault has been convicted.<\/p>\n<p>WSBTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/man-convicted-making-false-sexual-assault-claims-against-ga-tech-basketball-coach\/T7NYJDR6EJAINMY2FLWYSSCGSI\/\">reported<\/a> that Ron Bell, a former friend of coach Josh Pastner, \u201cwas convicted on six misdemeanor counts of soliciting or influencing a witness, two counts of evidence tampering, two counts of attempted tampering with a witness, false information and facilitation of fraud, scheme and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, when Pastner was coaching the Memphis Tigers, Bell\u2019s girlfriend Jennifer Pendley accused him of sexually assaulting her two years earlier. Pendley, according to WSBTV, did not file a police report regarding her allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2018, Pastner and Bell were embroiled in a public dispute over providing gifts to two Georgia Tech players in violation of NCAA. Each accused the other of supplying the gifts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBell admitted to providing the players with improper benefits and paying to fly them to his home, paying for meals at a restaurant in Atlanta and buying them shoes and clothes,\u201d WSBTV reported. \u201cNumerous photos and home videos show Bell inside the Georgia Tech locker room and interacting with players there and during practices, as well as at his Arizona home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPastner self-reported the NCAA violations but denied he was previously aware of them. The NCAA suspended Georgia Tech men\u2019s basketball from the 2019-2020 postseason and put the team on probation for four years,\u201d the outlet added. \u201cPastner was not directly named in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/03694ffae2934b70bcbd4124a4003c38\">NCAA\u2019s findings<\/a>&nbsp;and was largely cleared in Georgia Tech\u2019s own investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury released a statement regarding the school\u2019s investigation that admonished Pastner \u201cfor his poor judgment\u201d in allowing Bell \u201cto get close to the program in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the investigation, Pastner sued Bell and Pendley for defamation. The two countersued, which is when Pendley claimed Pastner had sexually assaulted her in 2016. But as WSBTV reported, jailhouse transcripts between Bell (who was in jail in 2018on an unrelated conviction from the late 1990s) and Pendley show the sexual assault allegations were fake.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a judge ruled that overwhelming evidence showed the allegations were false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court began its deliberations with an analysis of whether the claim that Jennifer Pendley was sexually assaulted was possible or whether it was fabricated,\u201d the verdict said. \u201cEvidence is overwhelming that the allegations were fabricated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evidence showed that Ronald Bell engaged in a pattern of reactive and retaliatory behavior against Josh Pastner over several months for perceived slights to their friendship\/relationship. The prosecution proved that Ronald was motivated to bring about Josh Pastner\u2019s downfall,\u201d the verdict continued.<\/p>\n<p>WSBTV previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/jail-recordings-suggest-false-sex-assault-claims-against-georgia-tech-s-pastner\/786314891\/\">reported<\/a> that in addition to transcripts from videos and phone calls between the couple proving the sexual assault allegations were false, the couple also failed to provide a T-Shirt they claimed contained Pastner\u2019s bodily fluid. Their legal team also dropped them as clients, claiming the couple refused to provide them access to the evidence they claimed proved the sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The transcripts show that Bell threatened he would \u201ccome clean\u201d about Pendley\u2019s false allegations.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was behind a conspiracy to falsely accuse the Georgia Tech basketball coach of sexual assault has been convicted.WSBTV reported that Ron Bell, a former friend of coach &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314684,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230366067.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"He Claimed The GA Tech Basketball Coach Sexually Assaulted His Girlfriend. 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