I have read all the stories and yes he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The fact he was charged however means enough people came forward to give the DA reason to believe they could move prosecute this and maybe win.
Moral of this story is... always homeschool and always show up for jury duty.
Not really. It's a he said, 4 she says. He has to be on admin leave until the case is resolved one way or the other to err on the side of the minors. I first thought on this story is these little girls were disciplined by him or wouldn't give them a passing grade so they're retaliating.
FR loves to jump the gun on these stories, but please, don't. I knew a teacher who was charged with sexual misconduct and the DA and LEO made his life a living hell with major leaks to the press and constantly delaying court dates to drag it out for punishment prior to any conviction. They took it one delay too many causing him to commit suicide. Shortly after, the girl admitted she had lied. Of course, the DA and LEO didn't go after her for lying and causing his death because they were guilty of it just as much or more because they were adults and shouldn't have played games. The vast majority of his students didn't believe he'd done anything and knew she was telling more of her weird freaky tales from the beginning.