Former Aussie tennis star Mark Philippoussis’ father Nikolaos has been arrested over child molestation allegations.

Arrested at his home

In a statement posted to Twitter, Police said Nikolaos Philippoussis was arrested at his home in Mira Mesa for allegations of multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts with two minor victims.

“Philippoussis works as a personal tennis coach … and the alleged molestation victims took tennis lessons from him,” Lieutenant Greg Rylaarsdam said.

San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore has said the investigation is ongoing and that detectives were “looking for more victims in a molestation case in the North County“.

by Michael T. Lynch – contributor