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This is kinda long but I hope you'll read enough to get the gist of it.

I'm appalled that there are people in positions of power who would view this as porn, not only view it as porn but as one insisted, " knows porn when he sees it". Jesus Christ.

A Minnesota football coach sidelined by accusations of child pornography involving his own children reacted with relief Friday after a judge dismissed the case, saying he was "thankful to be waking up from this nightmare."

Todd Hoffner, the head coach at Minnesota State-Mankato, was effectively cleared when a judge agreed with his assertion that innocent family videos had been misinterpreted. He had been escorted off a football practice field and arrested in August after a university employee came across cellphone videos of his children dancing and playing naked.

Hoffner testified earlier that his three young children asked them to videotape a skit they had concocted. His wife, Melodee, defended him and supporters even held candlelight vigils on his behalf as the case played out. Social workers found no evidence the couple's children had been abused, and a search of his home computer found no evidence of child porn.

During the court hearing earlier Friday, Blue Earth County District Judge Krista Jass said she didn't find any evidence that the videos amounted to pornography.

"The videos under consideration here contain nude images of Defendant's minor children dancing and acting playful after a bath. That is all they contain," Jass wrote in her 24-page ruling dismissing the charges.

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