Former coach of the young people from the Stars Chris Flores Academy, 37, was accused Monday of six positions of Sexual abuse of a teenager, according to a criminal complaint filed by the District of the County of Orange.
the O.C. The district prosecutor's office said that the alleged victim was a 15 -year -old female athlete from Stars Academy.
"This predator used his position of confidence as a coach and director of athletics to enjoy children for their own sexual satisfaction", O.C. The district prosecutor Todd Spitzer, said in a statement on Flore , known by many in the community of secondary school football as "Frong coach".
"These athletes were there to train in an effort to excel in their sport, so as not to be victims of a pedophile. What happened to this young woman is horrible and the sports community of young people as a whole was the victim of the actions of an adult man who not only abused his victim, but abused this position of confidence. »
Flores, a Bellflower resident, said he was innocent. He remains in detention in the lace installation of the County of Orange, according to the judicial files.
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If he is found guilty for the six posts, Flores faces a maximum of six years and four months in the state prison, said Kimberly Edds, spokesperson for the district prosecutor.
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Flores denied "any inappropriate relationship or contact with any current or previous athlete or student", according to a statement published by his lawyer in Newport Beach, Edward Welbourn, a former deputy prosecutor of the District of Orange.
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Flores was arrested on Thursday in Bakersfield after the Santa Ana police investigated the accusations of two people who "said Flores had sexually assaulted them".
The authorities of Santa Ana declared that a teenager by the river was supposed to be sexually assaulted by Flores in last year and that the attacks could have occurred at Calvary Chapel High School in Santa Ana and In other places, including Anaheim.
The teenager, police said, said that she was registered with the preparatorry academy stars and formed by Flores.
The schools of the Calvary Costa Mesa / Calvary Chapel chapel published a statement at the end of last week that it rented parts of its facilities at the stars from September 2020 to July 2021 for the continuous effort of The Academy to train in Young the athletes.
"We are shocked and sad to hear the news of these criminal accusations," said the Calvary Chapel Declaration. “(Flores) has never been used by the CCCM. He was not a member of the CCCM either. »
"Our prayers are for individuals and their families. The CCCM will continue to work with all the authorities in their current surveys, ”added the declaration.
The Santa Ana investigation also identified another possible victim, an Irvine teenager who made charges similar to the Sheriff of the Riverside County, said Santa Ana police sergeant. Maria López.
The academy has been linked to several southern secondary school players in California and said its customers go from high school athletes to professional players.