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News Sep 29, 2015
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Joseph Kikuchi, 56, a former basketball coach at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual assault against a minor. – Courtesy Alhambra Police Department
A lawyer for former Mark Keppel High School basketball coach Joseph Alan Kikuchi is denying allegations that Kikuchi sexually assaulted a 16-year-old on his team multiple times in the last year.
Alhambra police arrested Kikuchi, 56, last Thursday morning on multiple felony counts of sexual assault, including lewd or lascivious acts against a minor. Kikuchi was released on $100,000 bail close to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Kikuchi resigned as coach at the school in Alhambra on Sept. 15 because of an alleged heart condition, Kikuchi’s lawyer Paul Geller said. Kikuchi has pleaded not guilty to the charges.