Prosecutors have filed child pornography charges against the football coach at Minnesota State University-Mankato. According to the criminal complaint, Todd Hoffner's university-issued cell phone contained three videos of his children in the nude. He's charged with using minors in a sexual performance. Hoffner's attorney says there's nothing abusive or exploitative about the videos.

Suspended MSU-Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner has a court hearing this week at which a judge will consider dropping the child porn charges. The case involves videos of Hoffner's children in the nude that were found on his university-issued cell phone. He asked the Blue Earth County Attorney to drop the charges after investigators found no child porn on his computer and determined his children had not been abused.

Todd Hoffner's attorney tells KEYC-TV his client's wife will make a statement at a news conference Monday morning. Hoffner, 46, is accused of videotaping his three young children in the nude. He was charged last week with possessing and making child pornography.

In response to MSU-Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner's recent arrest and arraignment on two felony child pornography charges, former employers at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of South Dakota are examining Hoffner's past conduct -- including a look at his old computer and cell phone records.

His lawyer says a Blue Earth County investigation has turned up no evidence that MSU-Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner used his children in a child porn performance. Hoffner is asking the county attorney to drop the child porn charges that were filed after a video of his children dancing in the nude was found on his university-issued cell phone.

The MSU-Mankato head football coach accused of shooting pornographic videos of his three young children has previously dealt in another case involving homemade media of a sexual nature. City Pages reports that while Todd Hoffner was the head football coach at UW-Eau Claire in 2004, he dealt with a scandal involving two players who had allegedly conspired to take an illicit picture of one of them having sex with a female student.

Officials with Minnesota State University, Mankato have confirmed that head football coach Todd Hoffner has been placed on administrative leave, but wouldn't give any other details. Sources tell the Mankato Free Press that Hoffner was escorted off the field during practice Friday by university and other officials.

MSU-Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner faces child porn charges over videos of his children in the nude that showed up on his university-issued cell phone. Hoffner's lawyer and wife say there's nothing pornographic about the family photos. Legal experts say what the children tell investigators may be the key to the case.