Daily News | An ex-Chester County teacher’s sexual assault trial begins with questions of consent
The trialof a one-time Chester County charter school teacher’s alleged sexual assault of two former students began Monday with prosecutors painting him as a predator who abused his position to groom his victims.
Reich has been charged with institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors and related offenses stemming from his relationship with the former student. He has also been charged with sexual assault and providing alcohol to minors on the night he allegedly spent with the two teens in a hotel.Reich’s attorney, James Funt, balked at the prosecution’s description of the case.
“He saw [the victim’s] schoolgirl crush and he escalated it,” Acito said. “He blurred the line until it was nonexistent.” That, Funt said, disproves the prosecution’s case: If she wasn’t a student when they began having sex, the charges don’t apply. After the play ended, Reich and the two teens went to a local hotel, where Reich provided his underage former students with tequila. Prosecutors allege that Reich forced himself onto the production manager that night, undressing her against her will and hitting her as she protested his advances.
Funt, wielding text messages recovered from a WhatsApp group chat, provided an alternate version of that night.
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