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Josh Pastner’s Former Friend Ron Bell Charged With Fraud

When Ron Bell and his girlfriend Jennifer Pendley made lewd allegations against his former friend Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner, it didn't make sense to us.

Not that people don't behave badly - of course they do. But the allegations didn’t make much sense and the accounts seemed unlikely.

It’s all been pretty thoroughly discredited but now criminal charges are being brought in Arizona and both have been charged with fraud, that they were “engaged in a plan or scheme ... to allege a false, fraudulent accusation of sexual assault against Josh Pastner with the goal of obtaining an anticipated civil monetary settlement/judgment.