A former Orange County basketball coach is facing a maximum sentence of years to life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting four young girls he coached, ranging in age from 11 to 17 years old. Carlos Francisco Juarez, 48, of Costa Mesa was found guilty of 10 felony counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 14, seven felony counts of lewd acts upon a child, two counts sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor and one count of oral copulation on a minor under 16 by a jury verdict on July 18, court records indicate.
The charges stemmed from multiple incidents that occurred between and , according to court records, although charges were not filed until April , after four people came forward with reports of the abuse. A coach primarily for club teams, including the O.
He is believed to have coached each of the four victims at some point between and , according to a release issued by county prosecutors following his conviction. A Costa Mesa man who is a former Orange County basketball coach is facing felony charges of lewd and sexual acts with minors, court records show.
In one incident, an year-old girl who took private lessons from him at a gym in Tustin, claimed he had her practice topless, after unsuccessfully attempting to have her remove all her clothes, the release stated. Later, after sexually assaulting the girl, Juarez reportedly gave her an envelope containing an unspecified amount of cash.
The former coach was also convicted of assaulting three more players β a year-old girl whose home he moved into and who he abused over a four-year period, a year-old he coached in private lessons in and a year-old he forced to perform a sex act in exchange for the promise of making her a starting player, prosecutors reported.
