A boy told jurors Tuesday that Jami James sexually assaulted him on two occasions when he was 8 years old and James was his youth hockey coach.

The boy said one assault took place at a hotel in Butte, where a hockey camp was being held, and the other happened at James' house in Flathead County.

He said there were other boys in the rooms at the time and when he tried to scream during the first incident, James covered his mouth and told him, "Shhh." He did scream the second time but James quickly covered his mouth, he said.

Defense attorney Lane Bennett noted, through questions during cross-examination, that other boys were in the rooms but apparently nobody woke up, even when he got a scream out.

The boy, now 13, briefly described the assaults but Bennett pressed him for more details, m

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