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A former Missouri high school basketball coach faces federal prison time after he was found to have sent inappropriate sexual messages and nude photos to students via social media, prosecutors said.
Lee Anthony Bogen Jr.According to prosecutors, Teejay, known as “Coach Teejay,” was unaware that students who received photos of his genitals had screenshots of the images.
Jennings Bogan, 29, on Monday, February 2 plead guilty The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri stated in a press release that day that the case involves one count of attempting to receive child pornography.
his defense lawyer Herman L. Jimerson No immediate return US Weekly A request for comment was made on Tuesday, February 3.
Bogan previously served as Asst. Junior high school boys basketball coach Mary Academy and St. Louis Country Day School is a private school in St. Louis serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade, KSDK reported.
As part of Bogan’s plea agreement, he admitted to sending messages to high school students via social media beginning in the spring of 2024, according to prosecutors.
“In these messages, Bogan expressed romantic and sexual interest in students in an attempt to gauge their reactions,” prosecutors said.
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Bogan is also accused of sending photos of his genitals to students.
According to prosecutors, Bogan believed he was using social media apps that “caused messages to disappear shortly after they were received.”
However, prosecutors said the students “screenshotted the explicit photos before they disappeared.”
According to charging documents reviewed by KSDK, a student told school administrators that they received inappropriate photos and messages from Bogan in March 2024.
Later, another student who made similar accusations against Bogan said they received sexually explicit messages from him via Instagram, the NBC affiliate reported, citing documents.
In a statement provided to the station by Mary College and St. Louis Country Day School in April 2024, the school said “Bogen is a contracted non-teaching assistant basketball coach.”
“He had worked seasonally at MICDS for approximately three seasons, but was not an employee when the alleged misconduct came to light,” the school’s statement added. “Nonetheless, the school responded to the situation immediately upon becoming aware of any alleged misconduct.”
Before pleading guilty, Bogan filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, court records state. us exhibit.
United States District Judge Henry Edward Autry The motion was denied in January 2025, according to court records.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Bogan faces a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 6, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said the case against Borgen was part of the Justice Department’s Project Child Safety initiative.
According to prosecutors, the initiative was established in May 2006 to address widespread child sexual exploitation.
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