Jury finds Roseville wrestling coach guilty of sexually abusing minors he was training
A Placer County jury last week found a Roseville wrestling coach and former Olympian guilty of sexually abusing underage teen athletes while training them as part of a sports business at his home.
Quincey Lee Clark, 51, on Thursday was convicted of 19 counts of child sexual abuse including charges of committing lewd acts on a child, sexual battery by restraint and forced oral copulation, the Placer County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
Clark worked as a wrestling coach and ran a sports training business out of his Roseville home, police officials have said. Clark was a member of USA Wrestling and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Numerous charges against Clark are for committing lewd acts upon a child 14 to 15 years old, according to Placer Superior Court records. The charges stem from sexual abuse that reportedly occurred in July 2020 and June 2022.
The Roseville Police Department arrested Clark in September 2022. The Police Department started investigating Clark on Sept. 3 of that year after receiving a tip from “a community member,” police officials have said. Detectives then found the minors who were sexually abused.
Prosecutors said Clark repeatedly sexually abused the minors he was training at his home wrestling gym.
The private wrestling lessons marketed by Clark quickly progressed to massages for two victims before they devolved into “inappropriate massages” for some of the private sessions, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Investigators discovered the child sexual abuse occurred “after considerable grooming” by Clark, who told the athletes not to tell their parents so he could continue training them, prosecutors said.
After the trial’s verdict was reached last week, Clark was remanded into custody at the Placer County Jail, where he will remain until July 8 when he is scheduled to return to court for sentencing.
