Jason Maser Suicide: Volleyball coach Charged with raping Girl 15, died by Suicide

Jason Maser Suicide: charged with raping a 15-year-old girl has died by suicide, police say.22-year-old Jason Maser, who was a girls’ volleyball coach at Sacred Heart Academy in the Long Island town of Hempstead, N.Y.,

first arrested last Thursday for allegedly raping a player on his team on two occasions. On Friday night, he died after he purposefully stepped in front of of Long Island Rail Road train

The volleyball coach — who also coached a club team that the alleged victim played for — had been arraigned earlier Friday morning. His bail was set at $75,000 (or a $150,000 bond)

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“The family is devastated for obvious reasons,” John Carman told Newsday. “While they process what has occurred, they are concerned for the young woman involved.”

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The school told the outlet in a statement that it “took immediate steps to ensure that the coach had no further access to Sacred Heart’s premises or any social activities” after the allegations against Maser surfaced.