Prominent basketball coach and father of Australian NBL star arrested and charged with child sex offences in Brisbane
Alleged abuse occurred between 2013 and 2017
Has since resigned from his position
The father of a current Australian NBL player has been arrested and charged with child sex offences in Brisbane on Friday.
Donald Robert McCarron, a 67-year-old former basketball coach with the Northside Wizards, has been charged with seven counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of grooming a child under 16.
The charges follow a report received by police on January 19, 2025, alleging abuse that occurred between 2013 and 2017.
McCarron, the father of NBL star Mitch McCarron, was arrested at his Mango Hill residence on Thursday and appeared briefly in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.
He did not appear in person and was represented by Legal Aid duty lawyer Lana Millar.
Police allege that McCarron exploited his position as a basketball coach to groom a female child before she turned 16 and committed offences against her in the years following.
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