A woman who accused an Ascension parish-area softball coach of molesting her in 2017 is speaking up about the plea deal he received this week.

Jermaine Miles pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent behavior on Monday, six years after his arrest on five counts of child molestation.

In 2017, the Miles and Templet families were close. Jermaine Miles, 37, coached Jaycee Templet in softball.

"We would go sleep over at their house, family vacations, we all went to Disney together," Jaycee Templet said.

Then one day, when Jaycee was 15, something changed.

"We were sitting on the couch, and then he just kept scooting closer and closer to me and opened up his notes app."

Jaycee says he was touching her inappropriately and was asking her questions by typing on his phone.

"He said, 'Do you

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