Milwaukee Hamilton High School basketball coach charged with sending images of nude woman to his players using Facebook

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A part-time Milwaukee Hamilton High School basketball coach was charged with sending images of a nude woman to his freshman players through Facebook.

James A. White, 28, faces two counts of exposing a child to harmful materials, a felony offense.

According to the criminal complaint released Monday:

A mother of one of the students called police last Monday to report White had sent her son videos of a nude woman. The videos were sent using Facebook messenger to a group chat of 22 members of the freshman basketball team.

The woman took screenshots of the video and turned the images over to police. The screenshots included White's Facebook name and had a small photo of him in the corner. White also was pictured in one of the images fondling the woman.

When police questioned the players, a couple admitted to seeing the nude images but most of the players denied it and appeared to be supportive of White.

Detectives questioned White, who denied sending the photos and instead said some of the players had sent images of nude women to the chat. Questioned a second time, White admitted he had sent some pictures to the players.

Last week, Milwaukee Public Schools officials said White had been placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

White made his first court appearance Saturday and is due back in court Feb. 27.