A soccer coach and special education teacher claims she’s being accused of sexually assaulting a student because she is “good-looking,” the Independent reports.
Christina Formella, 30, who worked at Downers Grove South High School in Illinois, faces one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of criminal sexual assault, and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, all of which are felony charges after being arrested by detectives during a traffic stop last Sunday (March 16), according to a Dupage County State Attorney’s Office news post. Formella appeared in court last Monday (March 17) and denied the sexual assault allegations, claiming “everybody comes after her because she is good-looking and she is just a good person who cared too much about [the victim],” according to court documents obtained by WGN9.
The teacher claims the boy, who was 15 at the time, got possession of her phone and sent himself explicit messages as part of a blackmail scheme. The boy’s mother initially reported inappropriate sexual contact with her son’s soccer coach and tutor to the Downers Grove Police Department on March 15.
Authorities allege that Formella sexually assaulted the boy while the two had been inside a classroom for a tutoring session prior to the start of the school day in December 2023. The teenager’s mother discovered the alleged assault while looking through his text messages.
School officials confirmed to the Independent that Formella, who began working at Downers Grove South High School as a sepcial education teacher in August 2020 and volunteered as a soccer coach for the boys and girls teams in 2021, was “immediately placed on administrative leave.” Board of Education President Don Renner confirmed that the teacher was prohibited from being on school grounds.
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