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PAYSON — An assistant high school wrestling coach arrested last week in Utah County and accused of abusing student-athletes now faces nearly 20 felony charges.Chayce Gerald Loveless, 28, of Payson, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with solicitation of a minor, a first-degree felony; and 18 counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.Loveless, who was a wrestling coach at Payson High School from 2020 until his arrest and subsequent firing last week, is accused of inappropriately touching two former members of the wrestling team in 2022.One victim "disclosed that when he wrestled with (Loveless) during his senior year, at least 15 times the defendant grabbed his genitals and held onto them, sometimes pulling on them. (The victim) said one time (Loveless) told him 'I will let you go if you call me daddy,'" according to charging documents.Loveless also contacted the vic…
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