A black former star athlete who posed as a teenager to play high school basketball has been sentenced to just three years in prison after sleeping with an under age schoolgirl

Guerdwich Montimere, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault and three counts of tampering with government records in court after he lied to join a college team in 2010. Officials said that the Haitian man had graduated from high school in Florida, where he also played basketball, years before he moved to Odessa as a 21-year-old and presented himself as a ninth-grader named Jerry Joseph. Montimere played one season at Odessa Permian High and helped lead the school to the 2010 state play-offs, but the team had to forfeit after his true identity was exposed. Montimere was indicted on six felony charges, including sexual assault and tampering with government records. He had faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the original counts. The indictment accused him of identity theft. The sexual assault counts accused him of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.