A private coach and tutor in Montgomery County has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Thirty-one-year-old Daniel Sirotkin of Germantown was sentenced Wednesday. He had faced a maximum of nine years.
Before the hearing, his attorney said Sirotkin isn't a pedophile, but fell in love with the girl.
The attorney, Gary Gerstenfield, says he argued for an 18-month prison term, saying that Sirotkin understands he was wrong and isn't a danger to the community.
Sirotkin pleaded guilty in May to sexually abusing a minor, soliciting a minor to produce child pornography and third-degree sex offense.
The victim says Sirotkin molested her between 2011 and 2013, beginning when she was 14. Sirotkin was her coach and tutor.
