Football Coach Guilty To Sex with 17yr Old Male Student

 Scott Rubenetti

HACKENSACK — A former Lyndhurst High School football coachpleaded guilty Monday to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, The Record reported.
Scott Rubinetti, 40, of Nutley, will be spared jail time as part of an agreement with Bergen County prosecutors, but will have to register as a sex offender and will be banned from working as a teacher or coach.
As part of the plea, he admitted that he had oral sex with the girl       on one occasion, as well as kissing and exchanging text messages Scott Rub inettiwith her between October 2009 and March 2010.
A Lyndhurst High School alumni, Rubinetti was a football coach at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest before accepting the top position at his alma mater. He also taught physical education at the school.
He was arrested in January after another teacher at the school informed authorities about his relationship with the girl, authorities said at the time.
New Jersey's age of consent is 16, but laws include provisions that ban authority figures such as teachers from engaging in sexual relationships with students 18 or under