A well-known Tennessee pediatrician has been arrested following a grand jury indictment on sexual battery charges involving children.
Dr. Chris Calendine, 45, of Rogersville, Tennessee, was arrested at his medical practice’s office early Monday afternoon and charged with aggravated sexual battery and sexual battery by an authority figure, based on allegations made by two boys who are 12 and 14 years old.  In Tennessee, sexual battery is defined as unlawful sexual contact and the ‘aggravated sexual battery’ term is applied to victims under the age of 13.
Calendine was arrested after being indicted by a grand jury based on the allegations made by alleged victims.
The  sealed Hawkins County grand jury indictment warrant charges him with aggravated sexual battery and sexual battery by an authority figure.

Chris Calendine [left], was a non-paid volunteer physician with the local high school’s football team, The position was terminated after a DUI

Calendine [photo] is a well-known pediatrician from Rogersville, Tennessee, where he has a medical practice, founded a youth fitness program and once donated $10,000 in reward money to find a kidnapped nine-year-old patient who had apparently been taken by her uncle.

The attorney general’s office told the Times-News that the alleged sexual battery took place in July, but could not provide any additional details about what is said to have happened.
According to documents obtained by the Times-News, the indictment states that when the alleged sexual battery occurred, Calendine had custodial authority over the 14-year-old boy.
In a text message to the Times-News, Calendine said Tuesday that, ‘The accusations are completely false’ and added that he intended to prove it.

Dr. Calendine [smiling, center], at the May RCS Board Of Education meeting when his medical practice was approved to serve as the school’s medical provider for the 2017-18 school year.

He founded a free, community-based, youth fitness program — called ProStrength & Speed — and also donated $10,000 in reward money to help find a kidnapped nine-year-old girl, Carlie Trent, in 2016. At the time, Trent, who was believed to have been kidnapped by her uncle, was one of Calendine’s patients.
His arrest on sexual battery charges is not his first run in with the law. In December 2016, Calendine was arrested for public intoxication while at a nearby high school basketball game.
Following the arrest, Calendine was ejected from his non-paid volunteer position as football team physician at the town’s local high school, Cherokee High School, and banned from school properties for two years, the Times-News reported.
In May, however, the Rogersville City School Board of Education contracted Calendine for school-based health clinic services for the upcoming academic year.
Calendine was freed on a $50,000 bond later in the day on Monday afternoon.
If convicted of the charges, he could be sentenced from three to 12 years in prison. He is due in court for arraignment on August 31.