May 5, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST COACH
Denver District Attorney Mitch
Morrissey has filed several new charges against a high school
basketball coach accused of sexual assault. The amended charges
add one more count in connection with a 17-year-old victim and
three new counts in connection with an additional victim.
Craig DeBiase
(02-24-63) is now charged with five counts of sexual assault
on a child by a person in a position of trust (F4) and two
counts of sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse
(F4).
The charges reflect allegations
that DeBiase sexually assaulted a 17-year-old female student
between August and October 2000 and that a second victim, a
16-year-old female student, was sexually assaulted in 1999.
Both victims participated in the basketball program that DeBiase
coached.
DeBiase is scheduled for a
preliminary hearing on the charges on May 26, 2005 at 8:30 a.m.
in Denver County Court, room 472W. He remains free on a $15,000
bond.
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*The
filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation
that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado
laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless
proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6
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