Castro Valley High School music teacher charged with molesting student for years, including on campus

CASTRO VALLEY — A former Castro Valley High School music teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a student, alleged crimes that police say were discovered by students at the school before his arrest.

Jail records indicate Hasegawa is not yet in custody and an Alameda County Sheriff’s spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry about whether he’s been arrested. The charged offenses occurred in 2021 and 2022, according to prosecutors. But Hasegawa didn’t come under suspicion until March 2023, when the high school’s principal, Chris Fortenberry, reported to police that Hasegawa admitted to being at the girl’s home while she was going through a mental health crisis, ostensibly to provide “moral support,” according to authorities.

But police say they were able to recover texts in which Hasegawa called her “gorgeous,” and referenced specific past sex acts between them. The girl initially denied anything inappropriate had happened, but later admitted that Hasegawa had molested her in his office on campus and during an incident when they were together off-campus, authorities say.

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