William Jarnaghan's underage victim testifies how scared she was the first time he pulled over the road and kissed her while driving her home

Wearing a medicine bag around her neck, William Jarnaghan's minor victim, Jane Doe, testified in a courtroom in front of her former friend and coach who is charged with six counts of alleged sexual acts committed with her.

The courtroom had several rows filled with her family and friends as well as Jarnaghan's family. There was silence in the courtroom for the two and half hour preliminary hearing, particularly when Jane Doe testified.

As allowed in cases involving minor victims, a Victim Witness representative sat next to her on the stand offering silent support.

Jane Doe did not look at Jarnaghan. For most of her testimony, her eyes were downcast, occasionally looking at Deputy District Attorney, Ms. Brie Bennett. There were many times she would pause for long silences before answering. Her demeanor was the same when Jarnaghan's attorney, Mr. Neal Sanders questioned her.

DDA Bennett asked her if she was nervous about testifying and she responded, "Really nervous."

She just turned 17 this September. At the time the alleged incidents occurred starting last December, it was two months after her 16th birthday. She identified Jarnaghan calling him "Joey." His middle name is Joseph.


DDA Bennett: "How did you first meet the defendant?"

Jane Doe responded that she would go over to his house because she was friends with his daughters, her age.

DDA Bennett: What did you think of the defendant when you first met him?"

Jane Doe: "He was their dad, I don't know."

DDA Bennett: "Did you know him in any other context than your friend's dad?"

Jane Doe: "As my softball coach."

DDA Bennett asked Jane Doe that in conetxt of knowing Jarnaghan as her softball coach, "did you develop a friendship?"

Jane Doe: "Yes, we'd text about how our days were going."

DDA Bennett: "When did that texting start?"

Jane Doe did not answer right away. She stared in a downward gaze, became tearful, then after about two minutes, she said, "We just started texting."

Jane Doe would go over to Jarnaghan's house and spend time with his daughters. DDA Bennett asked if Jarnaghan and Jane Doe ever spent time alone.

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "How did you come to spend time alone with him?"

Jane Doe was silent, then after a pause, she said, "We would go outside and hang out on the porch and talk."

DDA Bennett: "What did you talk about?"

Jane Doe: "A bunch of things."

DDA Bennett: "Did you become close?"

Jane Doe: "yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did you become close?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did you trust him?"

Jane Doe: "yes."

DDA Bennett asked Jane Doe if they ever spent any other time alone to which she responded that they did when he would drive her home.

DDA Brie Bennett: "How frequently did he give you a ride home?"

Jane Doe: "Probably once or twice a week."

Sometimes a friend was there for these rifes.

DDA Bennett: "When it was just the two of you, did he give you a ride straight home?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did anything happen during those rides?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did anything physical happen between the two of you?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did he ever kiss you?"

Jane Doe: "Yes. "

Asked when this started, Jane Doe responded December 2014 and looking downwards, closed her eyes.

DDA Bennett: "How did you feel when he first kissed you?"

Jane Doe: "Shocked."

DDA Bennett: "Did you expect it?"

Jane Doe: "No, not really."

DDA Bennett:"Did you have any other feeling when he first kissed you?"

Jane Doe: "I was scared."

DDA Bennett: "Why were you scared?"

Jane Doe: "I didn;t know what to do."

Jane Doe said they talked a bit after the kiss but she did not tell Jarnaghan she was scared.

DDA Bennett: "What did he say?"

Jane Doe's response was mumbled and I could not make out what she ssaid in response.

DDA Bennett: "Do you know how old the defendant is?"

Jane Doe: "37."

DDA Bennett: "Did he know how old you were?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

Jane Doe said she did not tell anyone about the kiss. They texted "a little about it." She said he kissed her again. When Ms. Bennett asked how many times, Jane Doe said "about 30." The alleged incidents took place over a period of 6 to 7 months.

DDA Bennett: "Did he do anything else physical with you?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Where would his hands be when he kissed you?"

Jane Doe: "On my face or his lap."

DDA Bennett: "Did he touch you somewhere else other than your face?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Where did he touch you?"

Pause.

DDA Bennett: "Did he touch your breasts?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Over clothes?"

Jane Doe: "yes."

DDA Bennett: "Under clothes?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

The other contact began approximately around March 1, said Jane Doe.

DDA Bennett: Did he touch you on your stomach?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did he touch you on your stomach under your clothing? What were his hands doing when he touched you?"

Jane Doe silent, covered her face with her hands over her eyes. Then after a pause, she said, "Hos hands were rubbing wherever he was touching."

DDA Bennett: "Did he touch your bottom?"

Jane Doe: "Yes above clothes."

DDA Bennett: "Did he ever touch you in any of your private areas? Did he touch you near your vagina?"

Jane Doe: "Yes. Both under and above clothes."

DDA Bennett: "Did he ever use his fingers to touch your vagina? Did he touch any other parts of your body?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "What part of your body did he touch?"

Jane Doe was silent, looked down and there was a long pause, 3 to 4 minutes.

DDA Bennett: Did he touch you in any other private areas?"

Jane Doe: "Yes, including the one you previously mentioned."

Ms. Bennett asked Jane Doe what part of her body Jarnaghan touched. Again, silence. Then she softly said, "Vagina."

DDA  Bennett: "When he touched you there what part of his body did he use?"

Jane Doe: "His fingers."

DDA Bennett: "Do you recall what hos fingers were doing when they touched your vagina?"

Jane Doe: "He put it (I could not hear the rest of the response since it was muffled."

Jane Doe said that Jarnaghan put his fingers in her vagina and this happened approximately 8 or 9 times.

DDA Bennett: "How did you feel about this?"

Jane Doe: "Nervous at first."

DDA Brie Bennett: "How did your body feel?"

Jane Doe: "I don't know."


DDA Bennett: Did you talk about this?"

Jane Doe: "Sometimes, afterwards."

DDA Bennett: "Did he tell you how he felt about you?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: What did he tell you?"

Jane Doe: "That he loved me."

DDA Bennett: "Did he make any plans for the future or anything?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "What type of plans did he make?"

Jane Doe: "After I was old enough, we would be together."

They did talk about her age, and that he said, "I was really young and he could get caught." Then in response to a question by Ms. Bennett, Jane Doe said Jarnaghan was afraid of "going to jail."

DDA Bennett: "Did you send him photos of you?"

Jane Doe: "yes."

DDA Bennett: "What were you wearing in those phtos?"

Jane Doe: "underwear."

DDA Bennett: "Did he make comments about those photos?"

Jane Doe: "Just how much he liked it."

DDA Bennett: "Did anything else physical occur between the two of you?'

Jane Doe: "No."

DDA Bennett: "Did you discuss having sexual intercourse at any time?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did he say he wanted to do that with you?"

Jane Doe: Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did you make plans to do that?"

Jane Doe: "No."

DDA Bennett: "Did he say he was nervous to do that with you?"

Jane Doe: "He didn't want to get me pregnant."

DDA Bennett: Going back to when he put his fingers in your vagina, did anything else physical happen between the two of you?"

Jane Doe: "No."

DDA Bennett: "Did anything happen to lead up to that?"

Jane Doe: "Kissing."

DDA Bennett: Did you spend time alone at the football field?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

The one occasion that happened was May 25, 2015. Jane Doe said, "I still had to pitch after practice." She usually did that with her stepdad. On that day, she "did it with Joey."

DDA Bennett: Did anything physical happen between the two of you that day?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did it start when you were pitching?"

Jane Doe: "No."

DDA Bennett: "How did it start?"

Jane Doe: "We would take breaks because it was hot." They took breaks in the dugout.

DDA Brie Bennett: "When you took breaks, what did you two do?"

Jane Doe: "Kiss."

DDA Bennett: "Did he touch you anywhere else that day?"

Jane Doe: "No."

DDA Bennett: "Do you know if there are surveilance cameras on that field?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did someone talk to you about videos from surveilance that day?'

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Bennett: "Did you touch the defendant's body in the car?"

Jane Doe: "Yes."

DDA Brie Bennett: "Were did you touch him"

Jane Doe: "Below the stomach."

DDA Bennett then asked Jane Doe if she did a CAST interview since talking to someone about the video from the surveilance camera.

Jane Doe said yes.

DDA Bennett: "Did you tell that person some of the same information you told me today?

Jane Doe said yes.