Normandie Burgos, 58, argued on appeal his attorney used a legal argument that he hadn’t co-signed.
Burgos’ tumultuous career included being tried twice — in 2006 and 2010 — on charges of sexually abusing tennis students while he taught at Tamalpais High School. In that case, he was accused of inappropriately touching teen boys during stretches, workouts, and massages.
Jurors were unable to reach verdicts in both trials, but the controversy cost Burgos his job at the high school. So he went into private practice and continued to teach underage students, traveling to Richmond to give private lessons. It was there that prosecutors say he began sexually abusing two boys, using the threat of revoking tennis gear or favorable treatment to coerce them.
When the victims came forward years later, prosecutors equipped one of them with a hidden microphone and had him arrange a meeting with Burgos. In their conversation, the boy described sexual acts with Burgos and Burgos replied, “Yeah,” and later added “I let you do stuff to me that I don’t let anybody do to me.”
Contra Costa prosecutors charged Burgos with dozens of child molestation counts. During his trial in 2019, he testified that he only agreed with the boy because he felt intimidated by him and was raised to avoid conflict. He denied any sexual acts — consensual or not — ever occurred.
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