Former University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton had his pre-trial hearing continued to Aug. 30 as he faces a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution along Pacific Highway in Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Overton had an Aug. 3 pre-trial hearing at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent that was continued, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At the Aug. 30 hearing, Overton could have his case continued again or a trial date could be set. Attorneys can ask for a case to be continued in order to have more time to prepare for trial as well as further negotiate the case.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Overton, 22, of Seattle, posted bail June 30 <\/a>after about two weeks in the county jail in Kent. He pleaded not guilty June 30 <\/a>to the charge of second-degree promoting prostitution. King County Superior Court Judge Cheryl Carey reduced his bail from $150,000 to $25,000 after his arraignment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If convicted as charged, Overton faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kent Police began their investigation of Overton May 20 when undercover officers contacted an 18-year-old woman for prostitution activity on Pacific Highway South, a well-known area for prostitution in Kent. That woman told police that Overton had arranged for her to work the streets as a prostitute, according to charging papers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kent Police arrested Overton June 16 in Seattle for investigation of second-degree promoting prostitution.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton had his pre-trial hearing continued to Aug. 30 as he faces a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution along Pacific Highway in Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":1599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}