Track coach from Chicago charged with tricking female student-athletes into sending him nudes
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Chicago is charged with tricking female student-athletes through fake social media accounts into sending him nude photos.
Steve Waithe, 28, also allegedly cyberstalked at least one female student-athlete, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Waithe was arrested Wednesday in Chicago and was expected to appear in federal court that afternoon. He will appear in Boston at a later date.
Waithe was employed as a track and field coach at Northeastern University in Boston from October 2018 to February 2019, prosecutors said. During that time, Waithe frequently requested to use female athletes’ cellphones under the pretense of filming their form at practice and at meets, prosecutors said. At times, he was observed scrolling through their phones.