John Wetteland, the former Yankees and Rangers closer, was arrested Monday on child sex abuse charges, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The 52-year-old Wetteland is being accused of abusing a child under the age of 14 on a continuous basis. He posted $25,000 bond and was released Monday.
He has worked at Liberty Christian School in Texas as the school’s baseball coach and also taught Bible studies. Wetteland divorced from his wife Michele in 2015. They had four children together.
Wetteland was the closer on the 1996 World Series champion Yankees. He left as a free agent after that season with Mariano Rivera emerging as the team’s closer.