Clermont, Florida cheerleading coach Vigiland D’Haiti sentenced to 29 years in prison

Vigiland D’Haiti is an African-American cheerleading coach from Clermont, Lake County, Florida, United States. The city is home to the Florida Citrus Tower, a structure built in 1956.

BIOGRAPHY

D’Haiti is a registered sex offender. Here are 15 more things about him:

1. He is married to Kelly D’Haiti.
2. He is a Level 5 certified cheerleading coach.
3. He was a Pop Warner Nationals judge.
4. He and Kelly owned own Rush Allstars, a gym in Clermont.
5. He worked at Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida as a technology teacher.
6. He was born in 1983.
7. In 2009, he and Kelly opened in Clermont.
8. In 2017, a girl accused him of taking her to World Cheer Center to sexually abuse her so an Orlando police officer reported him to police in Clermont and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
9. Between 2003 and 2006, he led teams to eight state championships and six national championships in the U.S.
10. From 2012 and 2021, he allegedly molested multiple victims.
11. In 2021, a girl he was coaching at World Cheer Center accused him of sexual abuse and it was reported to Clermont police.
12. In 2020, the Florida Department of Children and Families investigated him after two high school girls accused him of touching them “in a sexual manner” and sending them inappropriate messages.
13. In 2022, he was suspended from coaching at Cypress Creek High School and arrested.
14. After D’Haiti’s 2022 arrest, Mark Longwell, his attorney, released a statement denying the allegations. 
15. In 2023, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison.

TIMELINE

As a cheerleading coach, Vigiland has coached at several gyms including high schools in Florida. He served as the head all-star coach of Rush Allstars, which was closed after his arrest in 2022.

2010s

• From July 2, 2014 through December 5, 2014, he knowingly persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced a minor victim to engage in sexual activity.

2020s

• In or around June 2021, knowingly produced child abuse videos and images of a minor victim.
• In January 2022, he was suspended from coaching at Cypress Creek High School.
• On March 27, 2022, he was arrested by Winter Garden Police Department officers and charged with multiple counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on victims aged 12 to 15. He was released on a $30,000 bond. After his arrest, Cypress Creek High School put him on leave.
• On July 11, 2023, he pleaded guilty to coercing a minor victim to produce a visual depiction of sexually-explicit content.
• On October 17, 2023, he was sentenced in federal court to 29 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release and required to register as a sex offender.