Youth football coach Chris Flores arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a minor

Chris “Coach Frogg� Flores, a well-known youth coach in the Southern California prep football community, was arrested Thursday by Bakersfield police after he was accused of sexual assault of a minor, Santa Ana Police Department Sgt. Maria Lopez said.

Flores coached at the Orange County-based Stars Prep Academy, whose website describes the organization as “a co-op that provides elite sports performance training for middle-school athletes.�

On Aug. 5, a 14-year-old girl from Riverside told Santa Ana police detectives that Flores had sexually assaulted her “multiple times throughout the year in 2021,� according to a statement released Thursday by the Santa Ana Police Department.

Chris Flores

(Santa Ana Police Department)

The statement said the alleged victim produced a recording of a conversation she said was with Flores last year, where a man asked, “Did you delete anything?� and “Why don’t you want to go on a date?�

On Thursday, detectives learned Flores was in Bakersfield, and the Bakersfield Police Department arrested Flores, Lopez said.

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On Wednesday, Stars Prep founder Jason David posted a video statement to the organization’s Instagram account, saying he was supporting the Santa Ana police in its investigation. He wrote in the caption that they’d “severed all ties� with Flores.

Flores reportedly has trained top area talent such as former St. John Bosco quarterback DJ Uiagalelei and current Los Alamitos star Malachi Nelson.

A second girl, a 15-year-old from Riverside, came forward with similar allegations against Flores earlier this month, according to the Santa Ana police. Detectives allege there are others who Flores had “preyed upon,� according to the news release.