Former Sports Academy Co-Owner Convicted of Molesting Student, Assaulting Employee

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former co-owner of STARS Prep Academy was convicted July 30 of sexually assaulting a student and an employee. Christopher Martin Flores was convicted of four counts of lewd acts on a child 14 or 15, among other charges, all felonies. Flores, who was taken into custody after the verdicts, was scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 4. Flores was co-owner, trainer and coach at the sports academy, which was a developmental league for youths. It had moved from Anaheim to the campus of Calvary Chapel High School in Santa Ana when a former soccer player at the school said she was first attacked in January 2021 when she was 14....