Mark Mauer on KARE 11: 'I Brought This upon Myself'

In an extended sit-down interview with KARE 11, former Hill-Murray High School football coach Mark Mauer said of his February arrest for soliciting prostitution in a police operation at the LivInn Hotel in Fridley: "I made a bad decision and I will have to live with it for the rest of my life."

Earlier this week, FOX 9 reported Mauer agreed to pay $500 in court costs and take a “Breaking Free” class, as part of a deal in which Fridley prosecutors agreed to drop charges, according to KARE11.

In a video and web report, as well as an extended video interview, KARE 11 reporter Jay Olstad interviewed Mauer about the incident:

When asked if he was going to the hotel to have sex, he said, "Without a doubt, my intent was to meet this gal and to be in the room. Without a doubt my intentions were exactly that."

That woman, who he met online turned out to be a police officer. But Mauer tells KARE 11 after about three minutes in the hotel room, he changed his mind, adding that he never gave the woman money.

See the full video report and extended interview at KARE11.com.

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• Hill-Murray Football Coach Arrested for Allegedly Soliciting Prostitution
• Hill-Murray Football Coach Mauer Quits