A former high school wrestler is speaking out against her ex-coach, who is now awaiting trial on child sex charges, saying he groomed her emotionally even though he did not sexually abuse her.

• The woman, now 26, wrestled at Moanalua High School from 2015 to 2018 under coach Sean Sakaida, who now faces child sex charges unrelated to her.
• She says she was emotionally vulnerable at the time because her military family had just moved from South Korea to Hawaii so her brother could get cancer treatment.
• She believes the coach took advantage of that vulnerability, becoming her main source of approval and criticism in a way she now sees as grooming.
• She says he was abusive toward her in non-sexual ways during that period.

Outlook: The coach's criminal case on separate child sex charges is still pending.