Malden High School girls' basketball coach Scott Marino charged with raping student

Scott Marino, the Malden High School girls' basketball coach, is charged with raping a student. 

Marino, 54, was arraigned on Thursday in Woburn District Court. He's also a 7th-grade math teacher at the Linden School in Malden.

The Middlesex District Attorney said Marino was arrested Wednesday in connection with an incident at his home in Stoneham a week earlier on February 18. 

Prosecutor Jacob McCrindle said that after the last girl's basketball game of the season, Marino took the victim into Boston to get takeout and stopped at a liquor store on the way home. Once home, Marino allegedly pressured her to get drunk.

"At some point during the evening, the defendant pours shots of tequila for each of them," McCrindle said. 

The victim then became sick and decided to lie down. Then Marino allegedly assaulted her, according to McCrindle.

"The defendant, taking advantage of a position of trust and authority, in that victim's life he defendant used, I would suggest, that relationship and took advantage of that relationship. There was a significant age difference. The defendant is 54 years old and the victim is 18 years old," McCrindle said. 

Investigators believe that the crime was intentional and that Marino waited for his wife to be out of town.

According to Malden superintendent of schools Tim Sippel, the incident is "alleged to have occurred outside of working hours and involving one of our high school students."

Marino is charged with two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and battery and one count of furnishing alcohol to a person under the age of 21. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. If he is convicted, he could face 5 to 7 years in prison.

The judge ordered him to be held on $75,000 cash bail, surrender his passport, and remain in Massachusetts. Marino posted the bail and is required to wear a GPS monitoring device, stay away from the victim, Malden school property and wear an alcohol monitoring device. He will be back in court on April 16. 

Sippel said Marino was immediately placed on leave.

"I understand how upsetting and distressing this is to our community given the serious nature of these allegations. We thank you for your continued commitment to our students and our district community. The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority," the superintendent said in a statement. 

Marino's Stoneham neighbors are in disbelief over the allegations.