An assistant principal and counselor in Los Angeles, US, has been arrested and is dealing with a number of felony expenses for alleged molestation of eight elementary college college students.
Prosecutors allege the abuse befell between 2015 and 2019 whereas David Lane Braff Jr, 42, labored as a counselor at an elementary college in Santa Paula. The sufferer college students have been underneath the age of 11, with some as younger as six years outdated.
“The defendant is alleged to have molested a number of elementary college kids over quite a lot of years, shattering the belief positioned in him by mother and father, educators, and the general public,” Ventura County district legal professional Erik Nasarenko mentioned in an announcement, in keeping with a New York Submit report.
Braff was arrested on Friday and charged with 17 felony counts.
On the time of his arrest, Braff was working as an assistant principal and college counselor at Ingenium Constitution Center College in Winnetka, Los Angeles. Prosecutors consider Braff could have labored at different Southern California colleges and volunteered with youth teams.
Braff is at present being held in Ventura County jail on a $3 million bail. He’s scheduled to seem in court docket on Monday.
