Illinois Teacher Indicted On 52 Additional Charges In Student Sexual Abuse Case

An Illinois expansive jury has revenge an indictment against an Illinois precocious schoolhouse coach connected 52 further charges relating to nan alleged intersexual battle and maltreatment of a student successful 2023.

Video released successful April showed 30-year-old Christina Formella getting pulled complete during a postulation extremity and being taken into custody aft being charged pinch various activity crimes for having an inappropriate intersexual narration pinch a student successful 2023.

Formella had been accused of sexually assaulting nan boy successful a schoolroom during a tutoring convention earlier people began astatine Downers Grove South High School successful December 2023. The victim’s mother discovered nan alleged battle erstwhile looking done her son’s matter connection thread connected his cellphone and past contacted police, prosecutors said.

During Formella's first tribunal quality March 17, she was charged pinch 2 counts of aggravated criminal intersexual maltreatment and 1 count of criminal sexual assault.

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Christina Formella is accused of having an inappropriate intersexual narration pinch a student. (DuPage County State’s Attorney's Office)

On Tuesday, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that Formella had been indicted connected 52 further counts involving antecedently chartless intersexual maltreatment and battle of nan student.

The expansive assemblage indicted Formella connected 20 counts of sexual assault, 20 counts of aggravated criminal intersexual abuse, six counts of indecent inducement of a kid and six counts of grooming, each felony charges.

Berlin’s agency said successful a news merchandise March 15 nan victim, who was 15 astatine nan clip of nan alleged assault, went to nan Downers Grove Police Department pinch his parents to study inappropriate intersexual interaction allegedly committed by nan boy’s tutor and shot coach, who was later identified arsenic Formella.

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Christina Formella being arrested (YouTube/APE HUNCHO Dupage County, IL)

The Downers Grove Police Department and DuPage County Children’s Advocacy Center opened an investigation, which led to nan first charges.

A further investigation that progressive interviews pinch nan unfortunate successful which he alleged further intersexual maltreatment by Formella, wished nan intersexual maltreatment began successful January 2023 and continued done August aliases September 2024.

During that clip period, Berlin’s agency said, Formella allegedly sent nan boy aggregate matter messages that were "grooming successful nature." The investigation besides recovered nan unfortunate and Formella allegedly engaged successful intersexual acts astir 50 times, some astatine nan schoolhouse and astatine Formella’s home. The allegations declare nan 2 engaged successful activity acts astatine slightest 45 times astatine nan school.

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"The caller allegations against Ms. Formella, including nan allegations of grooming and that nan maltreatment lasted astir 2 years, are beyond disturbing," Berlin said. "I convey nan unfortunate successful this lawsuit for having nan courageousness to travel guardant during what I ideate is an highly difficult clip for him. 

"I besides convey nan DuPage County Children’s Center, peculiarly Investigator George Fencl, arsenic good arsenic Assistant State’s Attorneys Jaclyn McAndrew and Michael Fisher for their activity not only successful this lawsuit but for their continued efforts protecting our children."

Christina Formella successful a constabulary car. (YouTube/APE HUNCHO Dupage County, IL)

Formella appeared successful tribunal Tuesday greeting for a position hearing, wherever nan authorities revenge a 2nd petition to contradict her pretrial release, though Judge Mia McPherson denied nan request.

Her adjacent quality is scheduled for Aug. 4.

Bodycam footage of Formella’s apprehension showed her appearing confused erstwhile constabulary asked her to exit nan conveyance during a postulation stop.

They past arrested her and placed her successful nan backmost of a constabulary vehicle, wherever she asked questions astir her detention.

Formella could beryllium heard sobbing successful nan backmost spot of a constabulary conveyance and asked for her husband, her puerility sweetheart whom she joined past year, according to reports. 

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"I consciousness for illustration I’m gonna propulsion up," she said successful nan March 16 video, continuing to outcry successful nan backmost seat.

Formella, who was besides a shot coach, began tutoring nan alleged unfortunate aft he collapsed his collarbone, and they began messaging each different connected a schoolhouse platform, according to tribunal documents obtained by TMZ. The brace past allegedly exchanged provocative texts, followed by FaceTime chats that led to nan December 2023 intersexual incident.  

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.