Accuser testifies at sexual battery trial of Los Angeles Rams strength coach
MEGAN DISKIN | VENTURA COUNTY STAR
7:17 p.m. PDT July 9, 2019The Moorpark woman who says she was inappropriately touched by a Los Angeles Rams coach testified Tuesday that she kept getting looks at the alleged perpetrator to make sure she knew his face.
"My mind is going, 'Know who it is, know who it is, know who it is,'" she testified in Ventura County Superior Court.
Theodore "Ted" Rath, 35, was at her house the night of June 15, 2018, with her husband and other friends from the neighborhood when the alleged incident occurred. She said she had retired for the night and was asleep in her bed.
The Star generally does not identify people who may be victims of sex crimes.
Rath has pleaded not guilty to three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery. He is accused of touching the woman's buttocks and genitalia while she slept in her bed. Rath, a strengh and conditioning coach, is on a leave of absence from the team.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Erik Nasarenko asked the woman if Rath had ever flirted with her or made any sexual advances. She said no. And other than a remark about her appearance at her April 2018 birthday party, the Moorpark woman testified Rath never made any inappropriate comments to her.
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