The trial of former St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain resumed yesterday at the St. Tammany Parish courthouse in Covington.
The 58 YO Strain is accused of eight sex crimes, including four counts of aggravated rape that could put him in jail for life.
Yesterday a younger relative of Jack Strain testified that when he was 15, the St. Tammany Parish sheriff groped him after letting him drink alcohol at Strain’s home in Abita Springs until he was too drunk to drive.
This witness’s story became the target of intense questioning by Strain’s defense attorney, Billy Gibbens. Gibbens pressed the witness during cross-examination on whether he had tried to withdraw his accusation but was not allowed to do so.
Two more accusers are expected to take the stand as the trial continues in its second week.
