A former Massachusetts teacher was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in the sexual assaults of two students.

Jeffrey Knight, who taught at Cohasset Middle School, changed his plea to guilty just one day before he was set to go on trial.

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Knight had already been convicted of sexually assaulting a student a few years back. He was sentenced in that case in 2021 . But two more students from his 7th- and 8th-grade classes came forward in recent years, and he was charged in those cases, as well.

All of the crimes happened around the same time.

Knight walked into Norfolk Superior Court with family and friends by his side.

"We love him, and he's innocent," an unidentified woman walking with Knight told NBC10 Bos

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