The former president of Salt Lake Figure Skating — the home club of world figure skating champion Nathan Chen — was charged Monday with attempting to solicit sex online from a 13-year-old girl, who turned out to be an undercover officer.
Matthew Gregory Shepard, 45, was charged in 3rd District Court with a count of criminal solicitation, a first-degree felony; five counts of enticing a minor, a second-degree felony; and a count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, a third-degree felony.
Charging documents said Shepard was also a teacher in Primary, an organization to teach children in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.