Aug 13, 2008 4:07 pm US/Pacific
Former NBA Player Askew Accused Of Sexual Assault
KENDALL, Fla. (CBS) ―
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Vincent Askew is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl at a Kendall, Fla. hotel.
CBS
If the name Vincent Askew sounds familiar, he played in the NBA from 1994-98.
He played for Seattle, Denver, Indiana, New Jersey, and Portland. He is now sitting in the county jail charged with three counts of sexual battery on a 16-year-old. The consensual sex allegedly took place in May at a Ramada hotel down the street from Dadeland Mall.
He allegedly told the victim that he was recruiting for Gulliver, Fla. Prep girls' basketball team. She did not attend the school.
CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami's David Sutta spoke with Gulliver staff, and they told him he supervised the pool at the middle school for a month. They were considering hiring him as a coach. He had even passed a criminal background check.
Detectives contacted the school three days ago when they couldn't find Askew. It turns out he was staying in a hotel in Doral. The school staged a meeting and when he showed up the cops arrested him.
He's being held in jail on $22,500 bond.
Schools officials believe Askew did not have contact with any students at Gulliver.
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