- An Oakhaven High School basketball coach is accused of corporal punishment
- A player accused him of hitting and being too rough during and after practice
- Both the school district and the state are investigating
After the allegations surfaced last week, Milam was fired from his coaching position.� The Memphis City School District suspended him with pay from his teaching position.� Memphis police started the investigation, but it was later handed over to the Tennessee Department of Childrens Services.
?Everybody is just emotional.� He?s been there since we were in elementary and he?s been a mentor, especially to young men,? said basketball player Rodrick Frison.
Frison and fellow basketball player Cordarious Stephen do not believe the hitting allegations are true.
?I?ve never seen Coach Milam ever raise a fist to anybody,? Stephen said.
?All the times I?ve been to practice, I never saw it,? said Frison.
While the state and school district officials would not discuss details of the investigation, both emphasized that the allegations do not involve sexual misconduct.
?I think it?s important to note that with some of the things going on nationally, Penn State and Sandusky, none of the allegations we received were related to any alleged sexually inappropriate behavior or even had any sexual connotation to them,? said Memphis City Schools Attorney Dorsey Hopson.
News Channel 3 tried to speak to Rondavius Milam but we were not able to reach him.
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