Former Istrouma High coach accused of having sex with student changes plea to guilty, charges reduced

BATON ROUGE — A former Baton Rouge high school coach accused of luring a student into a closet for sex in 2023 pleaded guilty to several charges after previously pleading not guilty in January, court records show.Johnnie Butler's sexual battery charge was dismissed Monday by the 19th District Attorney, and a third-degree rape charge was reduced to an obscenity charge, records show. Butler, who was fired from Istrouma High School, pleaded guilty to the obscenity charge.Butler also plea