Prominent Southern California athletic trainer Chris Flores arrested on charges of sexual assault of minor

Chris Flores, a prominent Southern California athletic trainer, was arrested Thursday in Bakersfield on charges related to sexual assault of a minor.

A warrant for Flores' arrest had been issued by the Santa Ana Police Department and was executed with the assistance of Bakersfield police, according to Santa Ana police sergeant Maria Lopez.

Flores had been under investigation in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct involving underage girls. Flores, also known as «Coach Frogg,» is well known in the region for his association with several high-profile current and former college and NFL football players.

The allegations surfaced on social media this week, stemming from an audio recording of two parties in which an adult male voice prods a young woman to go see a movie with him. When she declines his request to Facetime, the male voice says, «We talked about this, dude. You gotta stop with the nos.»

Multiple sources familiar with Flores told ESPN the voice on the recording was his. Flores' attorney, Edward Welbourn, told ESPN he could not confirm it was Flores on the recording and denied the allegations were true.

«Chris has been a coach, really a teacher and a mentor to kids in the community for many years and all of these allegations that have come out are very shocking to him,» Welbourn said Wednesday. «He absolutely denies any sort of inappropriate relationship or contact with any current or former athlete or student he's trained. All he's tried to do is help kids and move them on in their lives and their careers.»

The denial Wednesday came just hours after Flores' business partner, former NFL cornerback Jason David, posted a video on Instagram in which he said the training facility they co-founded had severed