Ex-Ridgewood Man Accused Of Abusing Softball Players Court Hearing Postponed: Report

Kurt Ludwigsen, the former Ridgewood resident and college football coach charged with 197 counts of coercion and sexual abuse, will be back in court next week after a hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Ludwigsen, 44, was scheduled to appear in a hearing Wednesday in front of Rockland County Supreme Court Judge William Kelly was postponed until Aug. 26, court officials told The Record.

Ludwigsen was fired from his Nyack College job in March and charged after 13 former female players alleged Ludwigsen engaged in inappropriate behavior with them between last October and March.

Ludwigsen has pleaded guilty to all counts.

David Goldstein, Ludwigsen’s attorney, moved to have all the counts against his client dismissed last month.

Goldstein argued the Rockland District Attorney’s Office notice to grand jury members violated legal protocol, The Record reported. The notice stated that jurors would only be considering misdemeanor counts. Goldstein motion states that felony charges were also presented to the panel.

Ludwigsen has moved back to California since his April arrest and remains free on $15,000 bail.

(Kurt Ludwigsen, 44)