A Dana Hills High School basketball coach was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with an teenage girl.

Michael Joseph Duran, 44, of Aliso Viejo, was accused of having a sexual relationship with the victim dating back to last year, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies were “contacted by a mandated reporter” this month about an “inappropriate relationship” between Duran and the victim, sheriff’s officials said.

When deputies spoke with the girl she said she was “groomed” for a relationship with him while he was an assistant basketball coach at the high school, deputies said.

Duran also coaches a basketball club in San Juan Capistrano known as SOCAL FINS, so investigators are concerned there may be more alleged victims, officials said.

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