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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Out of Warrensburg, MO, the story of six female athletes who accused the school's softball and girl's basketball coach of sexual misconduct.
They've been hit with insults to their faces and on Facebook and MySpace pages. Their parents' jobs have been threatened. And the involvement of their attorney, who also happens to be the wife of the University Central Missouri's president, has sparked a backlash that includes efforts to oust the college leader.

"They tell us we're tearing apart the community. They've told us to leave town, (that) we don't love this place," said the parent of one of the girls, a police officer and lifelong resident of the town, a one hour drive east of Kansas City.