Basketball coach accused of having sex with player, 16

Marquita Adley arrested Tuesday

Published On: Jul 04 2012 04:25:09 PM EDT   Updated On: Jul 05 2012 11:18:54 AM EDT
Marquita Adley
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -

A youth basketball coach is accused of having sex with one of her teenage players.

Marquita Adley was arrested by Pembroke Pines Police on Tuesday.

Adley, 25, is charged with three counts of sexual battery by a custodial authority.

Detectives said the West Broward High School basketball coach confessed to having inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl.

The alleged incidents took place at a basketball tournament in North Carolina and at a sleepover party in Pembroke Pines.

Adley, a former Florida International University Panther, is also a youth basketball coach at several South Florida schools, camps, and travel basketball teams.

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