Alabama girls basketball coach Paige Adams indicted for 32 alleged sex crimes
Key Points:
- Paige Adams, a former Alabama high school girls basketball coach, was indicted on more than 30 sex crime charges, including deviant sexual intercourse with a student and distributing obscene material to a student.
- Adams resigned from Cold Springs High School after a complaint was made, and the indictment followed less than a month later; she led the basketball team for one season, achieving notable success.
- The student involved was under the age of 19, though the exact age was not disclosed, and Adams was previously praised as a role model by school officials.
- Adams was released on a $225,000 bond with electronic monitoring, and her husband, who coaches the boys' team, filed for divorce following her resignation.
- School officials stated this was the first formal complaint against Adams, and an investigation was promptly initiated after the concern was raised.