Plant High tennis coach resigns after a scandal breaks over her relationship with student

Plant High tennis coach resigns after a scandal breaks over her relationship with student

By Tom Marshall, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

TAMPA — A teacher and head tennis coach at Plant High School has resigned, amid a district investigation into allegations that she carried on an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old female student, officials said Monday.

A Tampa police report says Mary Lynn Vu, 31, kissed the student and fondled her through clothing. But she was not criminally charged due to the student's age and what appeared to be the consensual nature of the relationship, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said earlier this month.

Hillsborough County school district officials had done little more than review that police report and summon Vu for a meeting when they received word of her resignation, said schools spokeswoman Linda Cobbe. So it wasn't clear whether there were grounds for termination.

But the district will forward Vu's file to the state Department of Education for possible sanctions against her certification, Cobbe said.

"Her form will be checked that we would not re-employ her," Cobbe added.

Vu's attorney confirmed her resignation in an e-mail, saying she hoped to make a fresh start and spare her school from the "inevitable distractions" resulting from the incident.

"Despite the detailed investigation of law enforcement and prosecutors that ultimately cleared her name, Mary understands that there will always exist a small but vocal minority that would interfere with her ability to effectively teach this coming school year," said Mark O'Brien of the firm O'Brien Bower. Continue Reaading

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CJ girls basketball coach caught in sex sting

According to FBI, Marc Greenberg sent explicit e-mails to underage females

By Dave Larsen, Staff writer
Updated 11:04 PM Tuesday, May 5, 2009


DAYTON — On Jan. 26, Marc N. Greenberg watched his Chaminade Julienne High School girls basketball team lose to Beavercreek High 56-46.

That same day, someone using the screen name bballguy5555@aol.com started a string of 47 lurid computer chat room conversations with investigators posing as teenage girls.

The conversations became more sexually explicit as time passed “as he persistently suggested and requested that (the investigator) perform sexual acts for his own gratification,” according to an affidavit filed in federal court May 1.

On Monday, May 4, FBI agents arrested Greenberg at his Kettering law office and charged him with 12 counts of violating federal obscenity law. Authorities claim Greenberg used computers at his office and his Centerville home to engage in graphic sexual conversation and to transmit obscene images, including videos of himself masturbating.

Investigators traced the bballguy5555 screen name, as well as the screen name aig2010@aol.com, to Greenberg’s office.

Last month, Greenberg told an undercover investigator posing online as a 13-year-old girl from New York that he had purchased airline tickets to fly there to meet the girl for sex, according to an affidavit filed in support of the federal obscenity charges against him.

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Former Tennessee Player/Current HS Football Coach Accused of Soliciting Teen for Sex

Former Tennessee Player/Current HS Football Coach Accused of Soliciting Teen for Sex

Former Pigeon Forge High School assistant football coach and former Tennessee wide receiver Josh Briscoe has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor. According to court records, the charges stem from a text message Briscoe allegedly sent to a 15-year-old student in August 2009.

Briscoe’s attorney, Joe Baker, told the Knoxville News Sentinel the authorities interpreted what were innocent comments in the worst light possible. Baker did not immediately return a call from the Associated Press. Court records show the student received a text that read, “You owe me a lil action for going off like that,” and suggested a sexual favor. A police investigation did not uncover additional improper conduct.

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Vallejo Baseball Coach Arrested For Battery On Umpire

VALLEJO, Calif. -- A Vallejo baseball coach was arrested at police headquarters on Tuesday for battery on a sports official during a dispute at a state Babe Ruth League tournament game at Wilson Park on Sunday.

David Daniel Davis, 42, allegedly assaulted the field umpire, who had called one of his players out at first base, police said.

The Vallejo team had rallied from a 4-2 deficit to take a 5-4 lead in the seventh inning of the game against a team from Sonoma, but had to forfeit the game after the alleged assault, the team's manager John Larson said.

The forfeit was the second loss for the team of 15-year-olds and it eliminated them from the eight-team, Northern California Babe Ruth League tournament, Larson said.

Davis went to police headquarters Tuesday to file a complaint against the umpire but, based on eyewitnesses' statements, Davis was arrested for battery, police Lt. Abel Tenorio said.

He was booked into the Solano County Jail on $5,000 bail but is no longer in custody, according to a jail official. The penalty for battery on a sports official is punishable with a fine up to $2,000, up to a year in the county jail or both.

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Basketball coach charged with statutory rape, sodomy

Basketball coach charged with statutory rape, sodomy

The Chesterfield Police Department announced Wednesday that warrants were issued charging a local basketball coach with statutory rape and statutory sodomy.

Investigators said Brent Michael Woody, 26, of Creve Coeur, was arrested following an investigation into reports of alleged sexual misconduct by Woody involving two female juveniles.

Woody was charged with 11 counts of second degree statutory rape and four counts of second degree statutory sodomy. He's being held on a $50,000 cash bond.

Police said Woody, who was not a teacher, was employed as a high school basketball coach by a local school district; however the alleged incidents which occurred in 2009, occurred off-site and did not involve school district property.

The Parkway School District released the following statement regarding the former coach at Central High School:

•We have been notified by the Chesterfield Police Department that a former athletic coach at Parkway Central High School may have been involved in inappropriate sexual activity with one or more of our students. We are deeply concerned and are cooperating fully with the investigation.

•During the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years, the individual served as the ninth grade girls basketball coach and as an assistant track coach at Central High. He did not have a teaching contract with Parkway, but occasionally served as a substitute teacher. Before being hired in the fall of 2008, a federal police background check was completed revealing no previous instances of misconduct. Another federal background check was completed in October 2009 with the same results. He did not seek employment in Parkway for the 2010-11 school year.

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John Chaney Blows Up

Coach John Chaney of Temple University Basketball goes nuts during a post game conference

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Blount County little league coach arrested for attacking umpire

Blount County little league coach arrested for attacking umpire

By JOSH AULT
6 News Reporter

HARROGATE (WATE) - A Blount County little league coach was arrested for attacking an umpire in an incident earlier in July.

Michael Maples, of Maryville, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after deputies say he attacked an umpire.

The alleged attack happened at an all-star game in Harrogate. It was at a ball field on Washington Avenue.

The all-star game was between 11 and 12-year-old boys with Harrogate Little League and Eagleton Little League, which is based in Alcoa.

Before the incident happened, things had already gotten a little out of control at the ball game. "At one point, we had the law come and a couple of people were asked to leave," said Harrogate Little League President Freddie Chumley.

Chumley, who's worked in little league for 23 years, says this was the first time he had to call the authorities to remove people from the crowd.

In the final inning of the game, things escalated, and the head coach for Eagleton was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Still, what happened next was very unexpected.

"It got down to the last inning. It was tied. One of Harrogate's players stole home. The umpire called him safe. At that point it ended the ball game, and when he turned around to give the official score. He was attacked from behind," Chumley explained.

"It pushed me into a fencing at the backstop and I fell to the ground," said Douglas White, the umpire who was assaulted. "(It) dislocated my right shoulder."

White also received a concussion, and had to have immediate surgery to fix his shoulder.

After the confrontation, Maples left the ball field, and was later arrested.

"It's not indicative as Eagleton as a whole," Chumley said. "It was a small group of people who egged it on and caused it."

Chumley says many of the Eagleton fans apologized for what happened, and have called him to check on White.

"It's just physical injuries to me," said White. "(It's) not something kids need to witness at a ball game."

Maples has been removed from coaching by Eagleton Little League officials. He had been a coach with the league for more than five years.

White, who's a volunteer umpire, is also a full-time registered nurse. He'll be out of work for more than a month.

6 News tried to contact Michael Maples for comment. We were told to contact his lawyer, Joe Costner, but he was unavailable.

Maples posted a $10,000 bond and was released. His first court appearance is July 22.
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Ex-Coach Gets Plea Deal In Internet Sex Case

DAYTON, Ohio -- A former basketball coach and lawyer is expected to plead guilty to Internet sex crimes, authorities said.

Attorneys for Marc Greenberg reached an agreement with federal prosecutors for the former Chaminade-Julienne girl's basketball coach to admit that he used the Internet to broadcast sex acts to minors.

People in the Chaminade-Julienne community are happy to hear that there will be a plea and the case will be over.

Michelle Gavin said, "Very surprising with him being an attorney and knowing what he was doing. I;m very sorry for his wife and kids."

Deon Watkins said, " If he did it, I think it's good that he owned up to it and took responsibility for what he did.".

Prosecutors said Greenberg communicated with an undercover agent, which he believed was a 13-year-old girl, directing her to view streaming video from his web camera,showing an adult man exposing his genitals.

Greenberg is a local attorney who led the Chaminade Julienne girl's basketball team to a state title in 2005. He resigned from the coaching job after federal agents arrested him in May of 2009 at his Kettering law office.

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Coach Kevin Borseth Explodes! - FULL VERSION -

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The coach of the Michigan women's basketball team
has a furious meltdown after a loss.-

Coach Accused of Sex With Girl – James Bruce Valkema

Michigan State Police say 32-year-old James Bruce Valkema of Grand Rapids was arrested on Monday on a five-count warrant issued by the Kent County Sheriff’s Office. Valkema is a Spanish teacher and bowling coach at South Christian High. Investigators say Valkema has been charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct because he was in a position of authority over the fifteen-year-old girl in the case.

Documents obtained by Newschannel 3 say that Valkema had sex with the girl on multiple occasions at Volkema’s house on Franklin Street in Grand Rapids. The girl told officers it happened every Friday and Saturday from April 13th until the beginning of June. The case came to light after the student reported the sexual relationship to a summer camp counselor.

Source: http://badjocks.com/2010/07/14/badjocks-first-teacherbowling-coach-accused-of-sex-with-girl-james-bruce-valkema/

Dance coach charged with embezzling from own team

Dance coach charged with embezzling from own team.
Volunteer coach purloined over $20,000 of the self-supporting team’s money.

“The dance team is not considered a varsity sport and functions as a club sport with Campus Recreation and Wright coached on a volunteer basis,” said Laura Karps, assistant director of marketing for campus recreation.

“All club coaches are volunteers so she was never employed by the University,” Karps said. “Club sports receive very little funding from the University, requiring the team to be almost entirely self-sufficient, raising all funds on their own.”

“The sad part is that these students are out there running all this on their own because they get limited funding from the University and now someone’s come in and taken the money they spent their hard time and energy raising,” Karps said.

“The filched funds were discovered after the team treasurer noticed inconsistencies in the team’s bank account,” Karps said. “Club teams are student run and managed, and currently are not required to give a copy of bank statements to the club sport’s director.”

“We are looking into new policies so we can deter this from happening in the future… right now clubs are student run, student lead. We [Campus Recreation] just offer assistance, and answer questions,” Karps said.

Keith Nichols, director of news services, said he is not sure how the money was used but the investigation is ongoing.

“Exactly what was done with the money and how she purloined it are not known as the case is still under investigation,” said Nichols. “I assume there won’t be a lot of details until the investigation is complete.”

Kimberly Susen, junior in middle grades education, has a friend on the dance team and knows how dedicated and hard working the dancers are.

“A friend of mine is on the dance team and I know she puts a lot of effort and money into the team, they have to pay for a lot of things. It’s really terrible that someone they are supposed to trust would take from them like that,” Susen said.

According to the team’s website, they have been active 17 years and perform at all home football games, men’s and women’s basketball games, gymnastic meets and select baseball games. They also perform at pep rallies, parades, alumni events and many community and charity events.

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HS Coach/Teacher, 36, Accused of Having Sex With Boy, 17, for Past Year

A former Pleasant Ridge High School teacher has been charged with having sexual relations with a student, a prosecution official said. Shannon Young, 36, Lansing, has been charged with three counts of unlawful sexual relations. She was arrested on a warrant Tuesday, according to County Attorney Todd Thompson. Young allegedly had consensual sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy. The crimes are alleged to have occurred between Aug. 1 and June 2.

The boy identified as the victim was of the legal age of consent for Kansas. But teachers are still prohibited by law from having sexual relations with students at their schools. Young started teaching language arts at Pleasant Ridge High School in August. She also coached volleyball. She submitted her resignation in April which was to be effective at the end of the school year, according to Easton Superintendent Charles Coblentz.

Here’s more from the Leavenworth Times.

American Legion Baseball Team Affected by Coach's Arrest

Baseball Team Affected by Coach's Arrest

The case against a baseball coach accused of having sex with a teenage girl is affecting more than just the alleged victim.

A baseball team in Lackawanna County is scrambling now to come up with money for a trip after their coach was jailed on child sex charges and a real estate company where the suspect worked is in on the investigation.

Now that Phil Godlewski is in jail on statutory rape charges, Taylor's American Legion baseball team is out thousands of dollars.

Assistant coach A.J. Meranti said the team is now scrambling. The team of 15 to 18 year olds leaves for a tournament in Myrtle Beach this Friday and they've had less than a week to raise the money all over again through a weekend collection.

"His account's on lock now, because it's all under his name, so what we're trying to do is raise our own money," Meranti explained.

Godlewski, 27, was their head coach. He was arrested on Friday, accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

Investigators said the two met when the girl was 14. She is now 16 years old.

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Youth Baseball team coach hits son after he was ejected from the game

Youth Baseball team coach hits son after he was ejected from the game

Monday, July 12, 2010 10:39:51 AM by Aishwarya Bhatt



Harrisburg, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A youth baseball team coach in Pennsylvania was charged with assault after he punched a player, who was his own son, for being ejected from a game.

The coach - Raymond John Boudreau, however maintains that it is not as it has been made to seem. The 47-year-old coach never actually did wanted to harm his son with that ‘little’ punch.

But the police maintain that Boudreau must be made to face the charge of simple assault because he did hit his 9-year-old son twice in the face.

The attorney of Boudreau however maintains that the coach never hit his son in the face with his closed fist, even though he admits that his client did actually hit his son in the back. He said that, “Ray disagrees with what the witnesses saw. He did not strike his son in the face with a closed fist twice. But he agrees that he struck him in the back.”

However the eyewitnesses said that the coach had hit his son in the face twice with a closed fist. This was during a game for an all-star team. But officials of the minor league baseball declined to comment of the issue.

Source: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/youth-baseball-team-coach-hits-son-after-he-was-ejected-from-the-game_100394808.html

Cheating Coach Caught On Camera (Pic)0

Cheating Coach Caught On Camera (Pic)0

SaveThere was nothing standing between Western safety Jessica Lucarelli and a touchdown, as she intercepted a pass from the Stranahan quarterback and raced towards the end zone during a scoreless high school flag football game. She thought she was about to break the tie and send her team into the District 22 title game, but Stranahan coach Bennett Wyche had other plans.

With defeat staring last season's Sun Sentinel Coach of the Year in the face, he did the only thing he thought he could do; reach out and pull Jessica's flag. Unfortunately, his actions could not escape the eyes of the referee, or the lens of this spectators camera.

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Former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez arrested‎

Former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez arrested‎

NEWARK, N.J. -- Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez is in trouble again.

Fired in March for his antics on and off the court, Gonzalez has been arrested on charges of shoplifting from a New Jersey mall.

Gonzalez, 47, reported to Millburn police headquarters on Monday. He faces charges of criminal mischief, along with shoplifting. He is accused of taking a satchel worth roughly $1,400 from the Polo Ralph Lauren store in the Short Hills Mall on June 29.

Ousted Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez was arrested on charges of shoplifting from a N.J. mall.

He plans to plead not guilty, said defense attorney Gerald Krovatin, who also is representing Gonzalez in a lawsuit over his dismissal. He called the accusations a miscommunication and a series of misunderstandings.

"Bobby had no intention of stealing anything," Krovatin said Tuesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

A spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor's office says the shoplifting charge is a third-degree offense punishable by up to five years in jail.

Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/news/story?id=5358586

Va. coach charged with assaulting refs

Va. coach charged with assaulting refs

A Spotsylvania County Little League soccer coach faces charges of assaulting two referees during a game.

The county sheriff’s office says Jason Edward Adkins became angry when his team was penalized during a game Tuesday in Fredericksburg.

Adkins is accused of bumping a 16-year-old referee’s chest and grabbing the teenager’s shirt. The sheriff’s office says the referee ejected Adkins and he assaulted another referee.

Neither referee was injured.

Adkins was charged with assault and destruction of property.

He is a coach with the Spotsylvania County Parks and Recreation Little League.

-- Associated Press
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Married UGA AD DUI: 28 Yr Old Female Passenger

More details on the DUI arrest late last night in Atlanta of Univ. of Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans are starting to bleed out.

The Georgia State Patrol said today that the previously unidentified passenger in Evans’ vehicle was 28-year-old Courtney Fuhrmann of Atlanta. When the married Evans was jailed, Fuhrmann, who is not Evans’ wife, was also taken into custody and booked for disorderly conduct.

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Tx. Basketball Coach Fired After 100-0 Win

Posted by AssociatedPress | January 27, 2009
The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 has been fired after refusing to apologize "for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."



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Connecticut High School Coach Arrested for Giving Alcohol to Minors

A girls' basketball and volleyball coach at a Connecticut high school was arrested for second-degree reckless endangerment and delivery of alcohol to a minor Thursday, according to a report in the Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American.

The newspaper said that Jennifer Jackson, 32, of Naugatuck, Conn., was arrested for providing alcohol to minors at a school dance in Watertown, Conn., on February 6.

She was arrested Thursday while at court, where she was being arraigned on previous charges that she "procured" alcohol prior to the dance for a minor in Southbury, Conn., where she is a math teacher and coach at Pomperaug High School.

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Police: Softball Coach, Pilot Took Upskirt Photo

Police: Softball Coach, Pilot Took Upskirt Photo

A US Airways pilot has surrendered to police on charges he took inappropriate cell phone photos of a teenager at Philadelphia International Airport.


Originally Posted on Youtube June 30, 2010 by AssociatedPress

Cheerleading coach charged with sex crime

Cheerleading coach charged with sex crime

Gabriel Falcon
AC360° Writer

An English teacher and cheerleading coach at an Arizona high school has been arrested for having an illicit relationship with a student, police said.

Christie Elliot, 25, was charged with luring a minor for sexual exploitation and sexual conduct with a minor.

According to the Tucson Police Department, Elliot had inappropriate physical contact with a child at Empire High School. Authorities said the child was one of her students, but would not divulge the gender or age of the alleged victim.

Elliot was arrested after the child’s parent found disturbing messages on the student’s cell phone, police said. “The parent reported the messages to the school because they believed the messages were from the child’s English teacher who is also the cheerleading coach,” the police added.


After interviewing the student and Elliot, investigators determined that a crime of a sexual nature had been committed.

“This case illustrates the parental vigilance that is needed to keep parents aware of what is happening in their children’s lives,” the police said.

Calvin Baker, the Vail School District Superintendent, told CNN Elliot was directed to have no further contact with students after the allegations surfaced.

“Once the police concluded their investigation, we judged there was sufficient evidence to make the decision that she would not be coming back to a classroom in the school district,” Baker said. “She was on a temporary non-renewing contract so it wasn’t necessary for us to terminate her employment. She simply has not and will not be offered a contact for next year.”

Attempts to contact an attorney for Elliot were not successful.

Source: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/cheerleading-coach-charged-with-sex-crime/

Former North Allegheny softball coach charged with 'upskirt' photo

By Tom Fontaine
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, June 30, 2010


A former North Allegheny girls' softball coach surrendered to authorities Tuesday on charges of using a cell phone camera to snap a photo under a teenage girl's skirt at Philadelphia International Airport.


A spokeswoman for the Philadelphia District Attorney's office said police there charged Joseph Pereira, 55, a US Airways pilot from Franklin Park, with a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy and a summary count of harassment.


Authorities said a witness alerted police after seeing Pereira snap the photo Thursday at an airport gift shop. The girl is 15.


Pereira declined comment when reached by phone. He referred questions to his attorney, Brian McMonagle of Philadelphia, who did not return a message.

When asked about Pereira's employment status, US Airways issued a statement saying only it "suspended a pilot that was detained at Philadelphia International Airport pending the outcome of an investigation."


North Allegheny spokeswoman Joy Ed said Pereira voluntarily resigned Sunday as a softball coach in the district. He recently completed his second season as co-head coach, leading the Lady Tigers to a 14-7 record and an appearance in the WPIAL playoffs. He was paid $4,276 this past season. He worked as an assistant for 13 seasons.

Ed said the district never received complaints during Pereira's tenure about improper behavior.


Parents of current and former softball players were stunned.

"No red flags went up," said Shannon Briskey of Marshall, whose daughter, Ashley, was a junior last season.

"(Pereira) never gave me any indication that anything was out of the ordinary. He was no different than any other coach I'd been around, coach-to-parent-wise and coach-to-player-wise."

Nicole Shevchik of Franklin Park, whose daughter Maria is now a freshman at Penn State, said she was "in utter shock."

"I'm sadly disappointed if the allegations are true. I just don't even know what to think. I never had any inkling that something like this would happen," she said.

Source: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_688160.html

Track Coach Arrested for Sexual Assault of Student

An assistant track coach for the Orfordville Parkview School District is arrested after police say he had sexual contact with a student. INSIDE: Release from the Rock Co. Sheriff's Office.

On 06/18/10 Allen J. Morris DOB 12/28/86 of Orfordville, Wisconsin was arrested for Second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child. The investigation revealed that Morris was an assistant track coach for the Orfordville Parkview School District for the 2010 season. It is alleged that Morris had sexual contact with a 15-year-old student. The alleged contact did not occur on school grounds or during any school related functions.

Morris is currently being held at the Rock County Jail for Second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child. Morris will appear in court on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 3:00 P.M.

Pursuant to the directive of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicity, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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Kings assistant Mark Hardy arrested for alleged sexual abuse

Kings assistant Mark Hardy arrested for alleged sexual abuse
By Sean Leahy
Crazy, developing story out of Washington D.C. on Friday. Former NHL defenseman and current Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Mark Hardy was arrested Friday morning for allegedly sexually abusing a woman in her 20's at the Mayflower Hotel. TMZ is reporting that the woman who filed the complaint is Hardy's 21-year-old daughter.

Hardy will face a judge Friday on the charge of misdemeanor sexual abuse.

Pressed for comment, the Kings released the following statement on the matter:

We are aware of the charge. Due to the legal nature of this matter, we will not have any additional comments at this time.

A 15-year NHL veteran, Hardy played with the Kings, Minnesota North Stars and New York Rangers, and has been an assistant coach with the team since the 1999-00 season with a stop in Chicago in-between.

UPDATE: NBC Washington has more information:

"D.C. police said Hardy and a relative returned to a room at the Mayflower Hotel at about 1:15 a.m. Friday. Police said the woman got into a bed, and a short time later Hardy allegedly got into the bed and fondled her. She then called police, investigators said.

At a Superior Court hearing, Hardy was ordered to stay away from the relative both in D.C. and L.A. He will be released on his own recognizance."

UPDATE #2: The Los Angeles Times reports that Hardy was charged with felony sexual abuse and was ordered to turn over his passport. He's due back in court on June 4th.

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