US police have charged the father of retired Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis with molesting two children he’d been coaching.
A statement from the San Diego Sheriff, posed on Twitter, said detectives from the child abuse unit had arrested Nikolaos Philippoussis, 68, at his US home.
He is facing “multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts with two minor victims”.
It said Nikolaos Philippoussis worked as a personal tennis coach and the alleged victims had been taking tennis lessons with him.
The investigation is continuing, and police have urged any one else who may have similar complaints to come forward.
Detectives from @SDSheriff Child Abuse Unit looking for more victims in a molestation case in the North County. Call (858) 974-2310. pic.twitter.com/5ZpJRGqOVb
— San Diego Sheriff (@SDSheriff) July 25, 2017
-With AAP
