A now former teacher in New York City is accused of raping a 14-year-old female student in 2024.
The suspect is identified as 34-year-old Jayvone Johnson, who worked as a gym teacher and basketball coach at the Icahn Charter School 2, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
Police arrested him on December 21, and the school has since said he no longer works there:
Johnson held both positions at the charter school while serving as the program director of the after-school New York Junior Tennis & Learning program, which he oversaw through March 2024.
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The alleged rapist boasted about how teaching middle schoolers taught him “about patience and engaging the minds of the youth,” who he aspired to help “get recruited at colleges of all types
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