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Key Biscayne gymnastics coach Olea reaches plea deal on child sex charges
More than a decade after he allegedly sexually abused at least three minors, a former gymnastics coach in Key Biscayne has reached a deal with state prosecutors to plead guilty to four felony sex charges, including two related to the sexual abuse of a minor.
The agreement was revealed Thursday in a Miami-Dade courtroom days before Oscar Olea, 40, was set to go to trial.
He has been incarcerated since his Feb. 28 arrest last year, after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge, Alberto Milian judge called him a 'likely pedophile' and ordered that he remain in jail until his trial.
Olea is scheduled enter his guilty plea and be sentenced next week, at a hearing where victims will testify about the impact of his abuse. Under the terms of his deal, Olea would be sentenced to 12 years in prison and 10 years of probation as a sex offender following his release. The deal needs to be ratified by Milian.
Milian told Olea, who was present at the Thursday hearing, that he has until next week to change his mind about the plea and go to trial.
Olea's arrest last year came weeks after the Miami Herald published its Key Biscayne's Dark Secret investigation, which told for the first time the story of five of the coach's alleged victims: Four former students who were minors at the time of their alleged abuse and Olea's colleague at the community center where he worked, who told the Herald he began abusing her when she was a minor.
This is a developing story that will be updated when more information becomes available.
