Coach Accused in Lewd Video Case Charged With Witness Tampering

The former E.O. Smith High School girls' soccer coach accused of sending a lewd video of himself to members of his team has been arrested on a tampering with a witness charge.

Jeffrey Sirois, 57, of Lebanon, was arrested on Tuesday, posted a $5,000 bond and is due in court in Norwich on Dec. 11.

In October, Sirois was arrested after he admitted to sending an inappropriate video to players on his team through the smartphone app Snapchat, according to police, and he pleaded not guilty to impairing the morals of a child, obscenity and breach of peace.

According to the warrant for the arrest on Oct. 3, several of Sirois' team members were at a pizza restaurant in Mansfield when the message crossed one of their cellphones.

The recipient and four other teens looked at the message together, then reported the incident to school officials, who in turn contacted police, the warrant says.

Sirois told investigators he meant to send that video to his girlfriend but instead sent it to his entire Snapchat group, according to the warrant. Students said Sirois has sent them private Snapchats in the past but none that were obscene.

School officials said they fired Sirois from his job after the allegations surfaced. His attorney said Sirois was suspended from other coaching jobs as well.

“My client is profoundly remorseful that this is alleged to have occurred and we’re gonna get to the bottom of this and he hopes to get back to his first love in life which is soccer,” defense attorney John O’Brien said last month.

According to the warrant for his arrest, Sirois was also ordered to stay off school grounds and have no "unsupervised contact" with anyone under the age of 16.

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