So he thought he was her Pimp?
Posted on 04/22/2024 2:32:56 PM PDT by Morgana
A teacher in San Jose, California, has been arrested after being accused of raping a student 20 years ago and then coercing her to have an abortion.
Shawn Thomas was a teacher at Leigh High School, as well as a football and track and field coach at Los Gatos High School. The alleged abuse took place between 2002 and 2003, but the victim did not report the crime to police until March 3, 2024.
She has also filed a civil lawsuit against San Jose’s Campbell Union High School District, claiming that after forcing her to have an abortion, Thomas continued to abuse her — even though she reported the crimes to the school’s dean, who happened to be Thomas’ wife.
According to the lawsuit, Thomas groomed the student when she was a 15-year-old freshman before repeatedly raping her. Thomas’ wife, Sarah, allegedly walked in on the abuse once but failed to report the rape. After the victim got pregnant, she was coerced to have an abortion, but she then confided in Sarah Thomas about the abuse — only for Sarah to blame the young teen, asking how the student could “do this to her.”
No one reported the abuse to police or took any action to protect the victim from Thomas.
“It has impacted every facet of her life. It has changed the trajectory of her life,” attorney Lauren Cerri, who is representing the woman, told CBS News Bay Area. “So that is why most people remain silent, because they’re not believed, and they’re victim blamed, and that’s exactly what happened here.”
Cerri also told NBC Bay Area that the abortion was difficult for the victim as well. “He impregnated her, forced her to have an abortion,” she said. “It was so difficult for her to have to do that and make that decision at such a young age. But he insisted on it, to the point she had it at 16 weeks.”
At 16 weeks, preborn babies can respond to light stimuli and have a hormonal stress response to invasive procedures, according to the Endowment for Human Development. The most commonly used abortion procedure in the second trimester is a D&E dismemberment abortion during which an abortionist uses a Sopher clamp to tear the baby’s arms and legs from her body before crushing her skull.
The victim’s sister also said that the victim didn’t understand the depths of the crimes committed against her at first.
“For so many years, my sister thought it was her fault. She felt so much shame and guilt, especially after being forced to abort her child. Mrs. Thomas blamed her, so she blamed herself,” the sister said. “She’s just now for the first time after 20 years, coming to the realization that she was just a child.”
Thomas was still teaching at Leigh High when he was arrested.
Abortion is a commonly used tool by sexual predators to prevent their crimes from being discovered. All too often, abortion staffers ignore the red flags and look the other way, pocketing money for the abortion and returning the victim to her abuser.
It’s okay if he’s a liberal
Well, at least it wasn’t a female teacher knocking up a female student.
Why did she wait 20 years? Isn’t there a statute of limitations, or is someone able to sue for damages long after first hand evidence is available and since ‘disappeared’? Has she offered any evidence at all other than her word that he was the father? Has there been a paternity test?
Trump and Lake don’t care, its a “State’s Rights” issue now ...
I’m glad they are going after this guy but what happened to the statute of limitations on a criminal charge? Has that been removed in certain cases?
Hey, he’s black. Accusing him of anything more than a misdemeanor for this is racist.
I am all for this guy’s arrest and any civil suits pressed against him - provided there is some evidence to support the claim. Unless there is a confession or verifiable witnesses or physical evidence, I’m quite skeptical.
This Sarah Thomas is not a credible witness one way or the other, she’s the alleged perp’s wife.
There is potential here for a lib chick doing her me-too thing and trying to get her 15 minutes.
Yep. Another one.
“Hey, he’s black.”
Odds are so is the victim
I am told very often on here men are not pro abortion
So this can’t be true
“Why did she wait 20 years? Isn’t there a statute of limitations, or is someone able to sue for damages long after first hand evidence is available and since ‘disappeared’? Has she offered any evidence at all other than her word that he was the father? Has there been a paternity test?”
A strong possibility it was consensual and the ‘rape’ claim was an afterthought.
I have a feeling more will come forward.
So he thought he was her Pimp?
Shame and guilt. It’s very common to not come forward.
Will California prosecute him or give him a medal?
and the proof of this is HER SAY SO????
She had an abortion so there is no paternity
Statutory rape is a crime.
She first probably asked him for “an acceptable amount” of money. After he either refused or never responded, she goes public. She must have gone through most of the experience without talking to her family. It’s hard to imagine a 15 yr old schoolgirl “bekng forced to get an abortion” witbout any of her family realizing something has gone dreadfully wrong in this teenager’s life. What could it possibly be?,
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