Celtics Coach Jerome Allen Is Said to Have Taken Bribes While at Penn
- Jerome Allen linked to fraud case involving Miami businessman
- Father allegedly gave cash, private-jet travel to Penn coach
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A former University of Pennsylvania basketball coach who is now with the Boston Celtics has been swept up in a criminal case alleging that he took bribes from a businessman who wanted to help his son gain admission to the school.
The coach is Jerome Allen, one of the biggest basketball stars in Penn history and its coach for six seasons, according to a person familiar with the matter. Neither the coach nor the school is identified in an indictment filed against the businessman late Thursday in Miami, but the filing contains descriptions of a Philadelphia school and its head coach that match Allen’s tenure at Penn.