Former Bayside High School Coach Sentenced to Prison for Sex with Student

pleaded no-contest to one charge of sexual battery on a child by a person in custodial authority

Jason Maynor, a former Bayside High School teacher and girls’ golf and tennis coach, has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student in 2018-2019. (BCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – A former Bayside High School teacher and girls’ golf and tennis coach has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student in 2018-2019.

Jason Maynor, 44, pleaded no-contest June 18 to one charge of sexual battery on a child by a person in custodial authority in a plea agreement with the State Attorney’s Office in Brevard County.

Assistant State Attorney Jay Fowler said the victim, who observed Maynor’s plea and sentencing in Viera, agreed to the resolution. Maynor’s sentence includes lifetime sex-offender probation and electronic monitoring following his release from state prison after 177 months.

“We take these cases seriously,” Fowler said. “If you do this to a child, you’ll be prosecuted, and you’re going to go to prison.”

Before resolving the case, prosecutors had pursued 21 charges against Maynor stemming from his contact with the girl that included video chats and sex acts in his classroom on the Palm Bay campus.

The sexual battery charge is a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison. His trial was to begin July 21st.

The victim, now in her 20s, was an athlete on the tennis and golf teams that Maynor coached. The inappropriate conduct started when Maynor asked the girl to send him videos of her workouts, police investigators said. She went along, and he began requesting videos showing her undressed. Maynor continued to pursue the victim until he ultimately was able to have sexual contact with her.

Palm Bay Police began investigating the case after being notified by administrators at Bayside High School.

A student had reported rumors circulating on Instagram about the inappropriate conduct of Maynor, the coach. A few hours later, an anonymous report was made on the online Speak Out Tip Hotline, which included a copy of the Instagram post. The follow-up investigation by Palm Bay Police led to Maynor’s arrest and prosecution.

Maynor’s sentence prohibits him from having any contact with the victim and any unsupervised contact with children during his probation.

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