SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington basketball player Venoy Overton is scheduled for a bail hearing Friday on his arrest Thursday on suspicion of promoting prostitution.
KOMO-TV reports he’ll appear by video from the Kent City Jail to the King County Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Police say undercover officers contacted an 18-year-old woman in May about prostitution in an area of Kent that’s known for the activity. The woman told them her boyfriend, Overton, brought her to the area and told her to perform acts of prostitution. Police say the woman added she’d been told what to charge and had given a portion of the money to Overton.
Overton graduated earlier this month in Seattle and was a backup point guard on the basketball team.
