Hollywood Acting Coach Sentenced to 6 Years in Teen Sexual Assault Case

— -- Hollywood acting coach Cameron Thor has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting an eighth grade female student.

ABC's Los Angeles station KABC reports that Thor, 56, was sentenced Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and must register as a sex offender.

Thor was convicted last August of one count of performing a lewd act on a minor.

Thor was arrested on June 3, 2014, after victim Jordyn Ladell, now 20, came forward and claimed Thor had sexually assaulted her when she was 13 years old. She worked with authorities to get him arrested.

Ladell told "Nightline" in a 2015 interview that she had been taking private acting lessons with Thor at his home, when one day in 2009, he drove her to a remote spot in Encinal Canyon and sexually assaulted her. Retelling her story wasn't easy, but Ladell thought it was the right thing to do.

"It's by far the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life," Ladell told "Nightline" at the time. "You have to do it for yourself. They victimized you, and you have to take that back. You have to go from being like a victim to a survivor."

Thor was known around Hollywood as a high-profile acting coach, who claimed on his now-defunct website to have worked with a host of celebrities including Cameron Diaz, Johnny Knoxville and Madonna. He has also played bit parts in blockbusters like "Jurassic Park," "A Few Good Men" and "Star Trek."

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