BELTON - A 14-year-old boy wearing a blue dress shirt testified Tuesday how he stood up to his former youth baseball coach in an attempt to stop the man’s sexual advances toward him.

The boy described how a man he had trusted, William “Bill” Jacobsen, ignored his pleadings and assaulted and threatened him.

Jacobsen is on trial in 27th District Court for continuous sexual assault of children. It is unclear at this point what impact the boy’s hour-long testimony will have on the jury but his words, equally gripping and disturbing, kept jurors and others in the courtroom listening with rapt attention.

Prosecutor Leslie McWilliams guided the boy through the events that preceded the charges against Jacobsen. She rose from her seat twice and pulled a tissue from a nearby box and placed it in front of the boy so he could dab the tears from his eyes.

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