MARTINEZ — A jury has been asked to decide whether a 44-year-old Danville cheer coach was sexually abusing teen girls, or if he was the victim of false accusations and prosecution “cherrypicking” after accidentally sending a masturbation video to a 15-year-old girl that was meant for a prostitute.

Nicholas Moseby, a former biology teacher at San Ramon Valley High School who also coached cheerleading for a private group called Nor*Cal Elites, has been on trial for the past six weeks. Jurors heard testimony from the five alleged victims who were all teen girls when Moseby either groped them grinded on them, made lewd comments, or in one girl’s case, sent a video of himself masturbating on Snapchat. They also heard testimony from Moseby, who denied the allegations.

The defense’s theory is t

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