Florida gymnastics coach, 21, arrested after 'having sex with a 13-year-old girl' and then hiding in her closet

Justin Thomas Henry, 21 was found at 2am in the bedroom closet of the teen girl in Brandon, near Tampa, Florida

He was held on charges of lewd and lascivious battery

The girl told her mother she and Henry had consensual sex

It is believed he was found by the girl's parents

A Florida gymnastic coach has been arrested after he allegedly had sex with a 13 year old - and was later found hiding in her bedroom closet.



Justin Thomas Henry was held on charges of lewd and lascivious battery.



The 21 year old was found at 2am in the bedroom closet of the teen girl in Brandon, near Tampa, Florida.



Hiding something?: Justin Thomas Henry, 21, allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then hid in her closet and was later discovered by the girl's parents

It is believed he was found by the girl's parents.



The girl told her mother she and Henry had consensual sex.



Police said the teen was known to Henry but did not say if she was one of his gymnastic students at the Lakeland based Elite World Gymnastics.



Henry's arrest followed another incident involving minors in April.



He was accused of taking three minors from their Polk County subdivision and driving them to Clearwater Beach in the middle of the night without their parents' permission.



A report by the Polk County Sheriff's Office said he allowed them to drink alcohol in his vehicle.



Inappropriate relationship: Justin Thomas Henry, 21, an instructor at Elite World Gymnastics (pictured), was arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious battery

The report says he rubbed one of the minor's thighs and asked when he could call her his girlfriend.



Henry was charged with three counts of interfering with child custody.



He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.



According to the Tampa Bay Tribune a man who answered the phone Wednesday afternoon at Elite World Gymnastics declined to comment on the arrest.



The gym's website shows a gymnast soaring through the air above the five Olympic rings.



Photos of young competitors are prominently displayed on the site.



The gym offers gymnastics, tumbling and cheerleading classes and summer camp programs for children.



The paper said Henry tagged the gym in several photos on the social media website Instagram.



His Instagram profile includes several photos and videos showing Henry lifting young girls as they jump and tumble over rubber mats.







