The woman said she was assaulted in Hall’s vehicle, at a tournament and at his North Richland Hills apartment, where he showed her a pornographic movie

Hall's accuser, now 23, took the stand Monday in a Fort Worth courtroom. She said Hall engaged in sex acts with her in various places, including her home and Hall's apartment. Defense attorneys for the 48-year-old Hall were to present their case Tuesday.

The woman testified that Hall first exposed himself to her and her younger brother at home, when their parents were away. The boy testified that he thought they were playing a game and never told his parents.

Hall's interaction with the girl progressed to inappropriate touching and him instructing her how to perform oral sex, she testified. She said he also showed her pornographic movies at an apartment Hall shared with his girlfriend and their infant son.

"I trusted him," the woman testified. "I honestly had no idea anything was inappropriate at the time. I looked up to him. I just thought this is how normal people act."

But when the parents were away, Hall had, on occasion, stripped naked from the waist down, lain on his back and kicked his legs in the air in front of them, the girl and her younger brother testified. “We thought it was funny. I would duplicate what Mr. Hall did,” The brother said he said he considered Hall’s actions “like a game” and never brought them to his parents’ attention.

“Now being older, I realize the significance of the occurrence,” he said.

Telling her secret

His sister testified that Hall later began masturbating in front of her and kissing her, telling her that she was “pretty” — words the shy, awkward girl who had never had a boyfriend had only heard from her parents. Eventually, Hall progressed to digitally penetrating her and instructing her how to touch him and perform oral sex.

The woman said these assaults occurred in her home, in Hall’s vehicle, at a tournament and inside Hall’s North Richland Hills apartment, where he later lived with his girlfriend and their infant son.

She said he also showed her pornographic movies at his apartment, telling her, “You’ve got to learn somehow.”

The woman said Hall’s interest in her tapered in the summer of 1999. Apparently upset that she wouldn’t have intercourse with him, Hall began benching her, his star player.

What would you consider to be appropriate punishment for someone convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of your child and two counts of indecency with your children?

causes the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of a child by any means

causes the anus of a child to contact the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor;

But I think it's a fair mental exercise to put oneself in the place of the victim's family

His actions fit the classic pattern of a predatory pedophile, and the recidivism rate for these kinds of offenders is very high.

the recidivism rate for these kinds of offenders is very high

That's highly debatable, given that we don't know any of the circumstances of the family's decisions to leave their kids with Hall.

And even if the family was grossly negligent in the first degree, that doesn't excuse Hall's behavior one iota, or have any bearing on what punishment he deserves.

I hate this topic, because you can't defense sex offenders in this society without people hating you, even when you're 100% correct.

I just don't see any good points being raised here this particular day.

A 12 or 14 year old can decide, especially in this age of easily available information, whether to engage in sexual activities with one individual or not.

Just maybe, an adult mind can easily manipulate that of a 12 year old.

Did he really leave his 12 year old daughter alone - as in, alone - with men? I can see leaving her "alone" - ie, sans parent(s) - but not alone, as in without any teammates. The latter is indeed routine. The former, however, is not.

If you send your kid on school or team or camp trips, you can warn them, I suppose, not to go into the adult's room without other people.

Of course I can. My wife and I had a 12-year-old daughter, as well as a 12-year-old-son. (They're both big-time grownups now.) We left both of them alone with 38-year-old men (or whatever specific age) all the time; both were involved in sports and clubs and group outings of all kinds, campouts and field trips and all such, in which we left them in the charge of other adults. It would be highly difficult to raise a child in a normal environment and not do so.

The adult's room? My kids (5 girls, the dude's only 5 mos.) will know - do know - not to go into the room or tent of an adult male. And, generally, I try to go on those trips with them or ensure there's another adult present.