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The group formed as a response to former Shelby County Schools students coming forward with stories of sexual abuse and grooming from staff members within the district. Some of those students, like Wills-Coppelman, are leading the charge, making trips to Frankfort in the past couple of months, meeting with lawmakers and speaking in committee meetings about legislation important to them. a piece of legislation that many advocates say is long overdue has passed both the Kentucky House and Senate, and will head to the governor’s desk. That bill would both criminalize and better define grooming when it comes to minors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/695db9f9c4b8dd531d2cde0d/b398e5bb-c13e-4321-951a-5d96b3249cc3/LPM02.jpg Press Louisville Public Media - Her teacher became her husband. 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Two weeks after she graduated, she said the coach, Chris Gaither, coerced her into sex at his home. Gaither denied the allegations. Weddle said she did not consider the sex consensual and that the experience left her traumatized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/695db9f9c4b8dd531d2cde0d/e9a5edcc-0155-48bc-8f4a-999dcb85d914/LPM01.jpg Press Louisville Public Media - Anti-child-grooming legislation clears the Kentucky state House - Laura Wills-Coppelman speaks before the Shelby County Board of Education on Jan. 22, 2026. Wills-Coppelman is one of the founders of Institutional Complicity Kentucky (ICKY), which has advocated for House Bill 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/695db9f9c4b8dd531d2cde0d/201b5598-ac11-4e6d-828a-cd85ac88b062/kya.jpg Press Guest host Shannon Moody is joined by Jane Herms, president and CEO of Family Nurturing Center in NKY; Sonja Grey, executive director of ECHO; and Laura Wills-Coppelman, co-founder of ICKY Schools. 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