{"id":26636,"date":"2011-02-26T21:08:30","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T02:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2011\/02\/southern-california-swim-coach-todd-sousa-arrested-on-suspicion-for-sex-with-minor\/"},"modified":"2014-07-28T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T05:53:13","slug":"southern-california-swim-coach-todd-sousa-arrested-on-suspicion-for-sex-with-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/southern-california-swim-coach-todd-sousa-arrested-on-suspicion-for-sex-with-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Swim Coach Todd Sousa Arrested on Suspicion for Sex with Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORANGE COUNTY, California, February 26.  ACCORDING to the <i>Orange County Register<\/i>, Aquazot Swim Club youth swim coach Todd Sousa, 36, has been arrested &quot;on suspicion of sex with an underage girl.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sousa was arrested at JSerra High School, where he was coaching for Aquazot.  According to the article, Aquazot has already terminated all ties with Sousa. Sousa was in charge of an Aquazot satellite location for swimmers older than 13, while Aquazot&#39;s core group trains at UC Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>Sousa has been with Aquazot for more than a year, and also owns a swim school called Swim Venture. Authorities told the <i>Orange County Register<\/i> that Sousa &quot;is believed to have had sex with the girl over several months,&quot; and that the relationship was revealed when the girl, who is under 16, started talking about it with one of her friends.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also told the <i>Orange County Register<\/i> that Sousa has admitted to the sexual encounters.<\/p>\n<p>USA Swimming was made aware of the report yesterday, and has immediately begun the internal review process by which to ban Sousa from the sport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/news\/sousa-289837-sex-swim.html?plckOnPage=4 target=_blank>Full text of <i>Orange County Register<\/i> article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORANGE COUNTY, California, February 26. 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