Update Jan 25, 2015 - Andrea Cardosa pleaded guilty today to the sexual abuse of Jamie Carillo and another former student.
The video at the link below is incredibly moving. The audio quality is not very good but good enough to hear the one F-bomb in this 9-minute clip.
A Victorville, Calif., woman who posted a YouTube video accusing her former middle school teacher of sexually abusing her for several years has identified herself and forced the resignation of the teacher.
The video, posted Friday, got more than 165,000 views, media reports said.
It shows the woman — since identified as Jamie Carillo, 28 — talking by phone with her former teacher, Andrea Cardosa, and confronting her about alleged abuse that took place when Carillo was 12.
The former teacher, who hasn't denied the accusations, resigned as vice-principal at Alhambra High School later the same day, the Pasadena Star-News reported on its website.
The abuse is alleged to have taken place at a middle school in Riverside, Calif. All of the communities are near Los Angeles.
School officials said Cardosa resigned after an interview with administrators, the Star-News says.
Carillo, who now has children of her own — including a daughter of about 12 — told a news conference she had previously told no one about the abuse, the Star-News said. Her concern was that the teacher might abuse other children.
Carillo said she had been threatened by Cardosa at the time. "She told me that she would embarrass me in front of my friends and family, and tell them I'm a lesbian and that I did stuff with her," the Star-News reported Carillo as saying.
Carillo is expected to launch a civil action against her former teacher, since the statute of limitations on the offences involved appears to have passed, media reports said.
Carillo's lawyer, David Ring, said the former teacher had been investigated by both school and law enforcement authorities in 1999 amid rumours of abuse, but there were no arrests, charges or disciplinary action, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The teacher was allowed to resign with a positive recommendation, the lawyer said.
Please, you who pray, pray for Jamie to find closure to this episode in her life; to find forgiveness in her heart, and peace in her life.
The video at the link below is incredibly moving. The audio quality is not very good but good enough to hear the one F-bomb in this 9-minute clip.
A Victorville, Calif., woman who posted a YouTube video accusing her former middle school teacher of sexually abusing her for several years has identified herself and forced the resignation of the teacher.
The video, posted Friday, got more than 165,000 views, media reports said.
It shows the woman — since identified as Jamie Carillo, 28 — talking by phone with her former teacher, Andrea Cardosa, and confronting her about alleged abuse that took place when Carillo was 12.
The former teacher, who hasn't denied the accusations, resigned as vice-principal at Alhambra High School later the same day, the Pasadena Star-News reported on its website.
The abuse is alleged to have taken place at a middle school in Riverside, Calif. All of the communities are near Los Angeles.
School officials said Cardosa resigned after an interview with administrators, the Star-News says.
Carillo, who now has children of her own — including a daughter of about 12 — told a news conference she had previously told no one about the abuse, the Star-News said. Her concern was that the teacher might abuse other children.
Carillo said she had been threatened by Cardosa at the time. "She told me that she would embarrass me in front of my friends and family, and tell them I'm a lesbian and that I did stuff with her," the Star-News reported Carillo as saying.
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Carillo's lawyer, David Ring, said the former teacher had been investigated by both school and law enforcement authorities in 1999 amid rumours of abuse, but there were no arrests, charges or disciplinary action, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The teacher was allowed to resign with a positive recommendation, the lawyer said.
Please, you who pray, pray for Jamie to find closure to this episode in her life; to find forgiveness in her heart, and peace in her life.
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