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Bodycam shows teacher breaking down during arrest for allegedly molesting 15-year-old student

Michael Dorgan

Sat, April 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM PDT

4 min read

Newly released bodycam footage shows the shock and emotional unraveling of an Illinois school teacher who was arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student last month.

You will need to go to Yahoo News to watch the video.

The video shows Christina Formella, 30, being pulled over during a traffic stop last week and being taken into custody where she’s been charged with various sex crimes for having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student in 2023.

Formella is accused of sexually assaulting the boy in a classroom for a tutoring session before class began at Downers Grove South High School in December 2023. The victim’s mother discovered the alleged assault when looking through her son’s text message thread on his cell phone and then contacted police, prosecutors said.

In the bodycam footage, Formella seems confused when police ask her to exit her vehicle.

They then arrest her and place her in the back of a police vehicle where she asks questions about her detention.

Formella can be heard sobbing in the back seat of a police vehicle and asking for her husband, her childhood sweetheart whom she married last year, per reports.

"I feel like I’m gonna throw up," she said in the March 16 video and continues to cry in the back seat.

Formella, who was also a soccer coach, began tutoring the alleged victim after he broke his collarbone, and they began messaging each other on a school platform, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. The pair then allegedly exchanged provocative texts, followed by FaceTime chats which led to the December 2023 sexual incident.

"I love you so so much mama," the boy allegedly sent Formella in one text.

"I love you sooooo much baby… Even though this morning was short, it was perfect," the teacher, then 28, allegedly responded.

They both later acknowledged to each other that what they did was wrong, and they never had sex again, per the documents. They spoke for the last time in February 2024.

Christina Formella was left stunned as she was arrested.

Formella denied having sex with the minor and claimed the student had broken into her phone and used her number to send himself inappropriate text messages to blackmail her, according to the New York Post.

She reportedly told investigators that "everybody comes after her because she is good-looking and she is just a good person who cared too much about (the boy)," according to court documents obtained by WGN.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said the allegations against Formella are "extremely disturbing."

"It is alleged that she used her position of trust and authority as a tutor and a coach to sexually assault a minor student. The type of abuse and behavior alleged in this case will not be tolerated," Berlin said.

"The safety and well-being of our children remain our highest priority, and we will take all necessary actions to ensure that anyone engaging in this type of conduct is held accountable."

Formella has been charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

She has been released from custody on the condition she does not enter Downers Grove South High School and does not make contact with anyone under the age of 18. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 14.

The state’s attorney’s office said the defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the government’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

At her appearance, the Court denied the state’s motion to detain Formella pre-trial and released her with conditions including no entry into Downers Grove South High School and no contact with anyone under the age of eighteen.

    Teacher Allegedly Sexually Abused a Boy, Then Solicited Him to Kill Her Husband: Police

A Kentucky teacher is accused by authorities of soliciting a minor to kill her husband.

Elena Bardin, 27, is currently in custody and facing multiple charges following an investigation by detectives with the Kentucky State Police.

That investigation was launched after a routine search of a boy's room at the Adair Juvenile Detention Center turned up "letters and explicit material" which had allegedly been sent to the minor by a teacher at the facility, according to the KSP.

Detectives now believe that the teacher who sent the material is Bardin, who at the time taught at the detention center.

The KSP alleges that in addition to soliciting the male juvenile to kill her husband, evidence "also revealed that Ms. Bardin had subjected the juvenile to illegal sexual contact and provided him with sexually explicit images of herself."

Authorities arrested Bardin on Wednesday and she is now in custody at the Adair County Detention Center, according to the KSP.

She is facing charges of murder (solicitation), sexual abuse in the first degree and distribution of obscene material to a minor.

There is no public indication that anyone was killed as a result of the alleged solicitation.

The investigation by KSP is ongoing at this time and the juvenile male has not been charged with any crime at this time.

Bardin does not have a lawyer at this time and there is no date yet for her first court appearance.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

Former teacher arrested after allegedly accidentally sending child porn to medical office

MAPLE GLEN, Pa. (WKRC) - An elderly former teacher and coach was arrested after he allegedly accidentally sent a pornographic image depicting a child to a medical office that had requested a form submission.

According to court documents obtained by WCAU, 75-year-old Barry Sussmann was arrested on March 19 after he allegedly mistakenly sent the image of child sexual material.

After the crime was reported, police said they investigated Sussmann's home, where the man allowed them to access his computer. Police claimed they found over 100 images of child sexual materials, including the one that he sent to the medical business. Additionally, police reportedly found physical DVDs in the home depicting similar material.

When interviewed, Sussmann allegedly told police that he had been a high school and middle school teacher and coach for over three decades, and that he had been collecting the illicit material for over 20 years.

Sussmann was arrested and charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials, criminal use of a communication facility, and other crimes, per the outlet.