A teacher at Bloom Trail High School in Chicago Heights is accused in a lawsuit of grooming then sexually assaulting a student who attended the school in the early 2000s.
The lawsuit alleges the teacher befriended the girl when she was a 16-year-old sophomore, and states the relationship resulted in the male teacher “sexually assaulting and abusing” her repeatedly, including on school property. Matthew Passen, an attorney for the woman, said in an email Friday his firm has been “contacted by several former students regarding this lawsuit and expressing concerns regarding this particular teacher.”In a message sent to Bloom Trail families Wednesday, Principal Glynis Keene said the district recently received notice of the lawsuit “involving the alleged inappropriate actions” of a staff member.
The lawsuit alleges the grooming of the girl began during the first semester of her junior year, when she was introduced to the teacher by a friend who drove her to school each day. The student would go to his classroom during between classes to drop off or retrieve materials, and during those times the teacher “would intentionally brush his body” against her “or otherwise gratuitously touch her as she was walking in or out of the classroom,” the lawsuit alleges.
Then, a few weeks later, they began going to his classroom at the end of the day, where he would turn off the lights, lock the door and kiss and touch her in an inappropriate way and encourage her to touch him, according to the lawsuit.
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