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	Ex-christ the King Boys Basketball Coach Bob Oliva to Be Arraigned on Sex Abuse Charges April 12 By Michael O'keeffe New York Daily News March 30, 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2010/03/30/2010-03-30_oliva_to_be_arraigned_on_april_12_in_boston.html Bob Oliva, the former Christ the King Regional High School boys basketball coach, will be arraigned April 12 in Suffolk (Mass.) Superior Court in Boston on sex abuse charges. Oliva, the influential former coach who won four CHSAA Class AA intersectional titles and coached Lamar Odom and Jayson Williams before they became NBA stars, was indicted last week by a Massachusetts grand jury on two counts of rape of a child. He could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say Oliva raped a 14-year-old boy at the Boston Sheraton during a visit to Massachusetts in 1976 to attend a Red Sox-Yankees doubleheader at Fenway Park. Prosecutors did not release the name of the victim, but Jimmy Carlino told the Daily News last year that Oliva abused him during the 1970s. Sources say most of the abuse took place in New York, but Carlino has also alleged that Oliva, whom he calls his godfather, molested him during a trip to Boston. Carlino reported the alleged attack to authorities in Boston last year. It would be difficult for authorities in New York to prosecute Oliva because of statute of limitation issues. But Massachusetts officials did not face such hurdles: the statute of limitations clock there stops ticking when a suspect leaves the state. The Daily News reported that at least two other men had told the Boston grand jury that they had been sexually abused by Oliva. Michael Doolin, Oliva's attorney, declined comment. Oliva, 65, was one of the most influential basketball coaches in New York City for nearly three decades before he resigned in January 2009, citing heart problems. Oliva was also indicted on one count of disseminating pornography to a minor. The maximum penalty in Massachusetts for that charge is five years in prison.
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