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Lauded charter school leader Tim King forced out
after an investigation into sexual misconduct
By Sarah Karp
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2:12 p.m. CT
Updated 3:53 p.m. CT
Tim King, founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies attends an Urban Prep Academies event at Daley Plaza in the Loop, Thursday May 19, 2022. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times
A Chicago Public Schools inspector general’s report substantiating allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct with a student forced Tim King, the lauded head of a prominent charter school network, to resign last week, sources told WBEZ.
King, who founded Urban Prep Academies, was celebrated nationally for getting 100% of the school’s all-Black male students into college. King developed an innovative program that instilled pride in Black boys, who faced some of the worst outcomes in CPS, and, among many awards, was named Hero of the Year by People Magazine.
Sources with knowledge of the confidential report, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the Chicago board of education received the inspector general’s report in July.
The school district instructed the charter school Wednesday to inform parents of the investigation’s findings but said charter school officials declined. The district sent a letter instead.
“Nothing is more important to Chicago Public Schools than student safety in our schools,” reads the CPS letter to parents. “Chicago Public Schools is working with UPA (Urban Prep Academies) to ensure that all UPA students are safe and that their rights are protected.”
The letter, which does not name King, states that district investigators substantiated the claims on June 30. “Based on interviews and documentation, the IG’s office concluded that the administrator engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old UPA student and engaged in other misconduct involving the victim.”
The letter tells parents the administrator is barred from having contact with Urban Prep students and is prohibited from entering all CPS facilities.
King had wanted to continue working to raise money for the charter schools with the Urban Prep Foundation, he told WBEZ Monday. But CPS is barring him from any connection with the charter school and placing a do not hire on his record.
According to sources, the OIG report said King “groomed” a student, starting when he was 16 years old. The sources said the report outlined years of alleged inappropriate sexual activity. King also provided financial support to the student after graduation, the sources said. WBEZ has not seen the report.
Through his attorney, King denied all allegations.
King’s attorney said the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had previously investigated allegations of sexual abuse but did not substantiate them. He does not face criminal charges.
King Is exiting Urban Prep at a critical time. Urban Prep has spent years in financial turmoil and has had to get cash advances and take out high-interest loans to make payroll, according to a memo obtained by WBEZ. It also has seen its student enrollment dwindle as Black families have left the city, taking available students with them.
The two campuses that are authorized by CPS are up for renewal next year.
Ex-MP Lembit Opik’s furious girlfriend caught him sexting
TV star after she found sexy pics on his phone
Hannah Hope, Stephen Moyes
21:18, 6 Aug 2022, Updated: 0:22, 7 Aug 2022
The Scottish Sun
The ex-Lib Dem politician, 57, got frisky in mobile phone exchanges with Lois Perry, 41.
Lembit Opik's partner Sabina Vankova confronted him over the pictures; Lois Perry played down the links to former MP Lembit Opik
Last night Lois, a panellist on The Jeremy Vine Show on Channel 5, said being linked romantically with Opik was “the most embarrassing thing ever”.
His partner, lawyer Sabina Vankova, 38, was shocked to find sexy messages and photos on his phone.
A source said: “Sabina confronted him but he laughed it off saying, ‘Lois is really flirty, there’s nothing going on’.
"But she was convinced they had met in person and were more than friends.
“Sabina feels like this is the last straw. He has made her look stupid so many times by cheating on her.”
It is understood Opik “went crazy for Lois after meeting her at a climate event earlier this year.
She had to warn him off after their exchanges got “out of hand”.
Lois admitted swapping messages with him but said: “There is no relationship with Lembit Opik, and never will be. He’s really not my type.”
Lembit had been engaged to TV weather presenter Sian Lloyd and Cheeky Girls pop star Gabriela Irimia before meeting Sabina in 2015.
But five years ago he was linked to footie icon George Best’s widow Alex and in 2019 to Russian work colleague Natalia Khomutinnkova.
Sabina, who has two children with Opik, declined to comment.
And she's a lawyer?
Sandy Hook lawyer says that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
sent Trump ally Roger Stone an intimate picture of his wife
The nudie 'might NOT have been consensual'
Alex Jones and wife Erica Wulff Jones
Alex Jones sent former Trump lawyer Roger Stone a naked photo of his wife, the attorney representing a Sandy Hook family has revealed.
Mark Bankston told The Young Turks on Monday he is not sure whether Jones' wife, Erika Wulff Jones, was aware he sent the message.
Doing so, he pointed out, is illegal in certain states.
It should be illegal in every state!
Roger Stone
Bankston shocked Jones last week when he revealed his attorney sent him Jones' text messages from the past two years.
Jones said in a rant on his radio program over the weekend those text messages included a naked photo of his wife.
Why? In the nine years I have been doing this blog, I have only ever heard of one man who sent a nudie of his wife to another man.
By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 09:31 EDT, 9 August 2022 | UPDATED: 12:26 EDT, 9 August 2022
Please go to The Daily Mail for the full story.
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Former Justice Secretary charged with Rape
Kentucky's former Justice Secretary who worked to clear backlog of rape kits during his time in office is charged with raping woman who was too drunk to give consent in a Lexington hotel.
Tilley, 53, was booked Monday morning into Lexington-Fayette Urban County jail.
He was arrested Monday morning on one count of first-degree rape.
Tilley is accused of having sex at a Lexington hotel with a woman who was unable to give consent, because she was too drunk to do so.
By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:47 EDT, 8 August 2022
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