Australian filmmaker gets 10-year sentence for sexually abusing boys, some of whom he met as a Mormon leader

Darran Scott, 53, directed ‘Spirit of the Game,’ about LDS missionaries playing basketball in Australia.

(courtesy Facebook) Australian filmmaker Darran Scott has been sesntenced to 10 years in prison, after pleading guilty to 16 charges of sexually abusing boys. Darran first met some of his victims as a leader of his local Mormon ward near Melbourne. Scott directed the movie "Spirit of the Game," about basketball-playing LDS missionaries in 1950s Australia.

Australian filmmaker gets 10-year sentence for sexually abusing boys, some of whom he met as a Mormon leader

Darran Scott, 53, directed ‘Spirit of the Game,’ about LDS missionaries playing basketball in Australia.

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