Ewww….High School Principal Charged With Thirty Counts Of Sex With A Student!

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A Pennsylvania high school principal has been charged with 30 counts of sexual intercourse and contact with a student.

34-years-old Roger Weaver Freed who served as a principal of Williamsport Area High School is accused of maintaining a years-long sexual relationship with a student that continued after the student graduated high school and while he was attending college, according to court documents filed in a magisterial district judge’s office.

According to Sun-Gazette, Freed was charged this week with 30 counts of indecent sexual contact with a student; one count each of sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, and corrupting the morals of a minor; and three misdemeanor counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

Investigators said Freed began the relationship when the boy was in middle school in 2015 wherein the student had suffered the death of a family member, noticed that other students confided in Freed, and were looking for emotional support. Their relationship soon grew to time outside of school, with Freed volunteering to give the student rides to various locations so they could have “one-on-one conversations.”

The student told police that, at the time, “he trusted Freed ‘like an older brother,’” the affidavit said.

By 2016, the relationship was evolving, the affidavit said, claiming Freed put “his hands on the student’s shoulders, comforting him, which (eventually) turned to more intimate massaging.”

In 2017, when the relationship became sexual, Freed warned the student not to disclose it to anyone as he could “lose my job over this” and asked him to “promise not to tell anybody”, according to the affidavit.

“Freed related that it was OK for bros to please each other,” police said.

Sex continued four to five times a week over the next two years (2017-2018), the student said. At times, the two went to a hotel room where they “smoked cigars and drank red wine that Freed provided” in addition to having sex, the affidavit said.

He graduated in 2018 and is now in college. Sex continued four to five times a week over the next two years (2017-2018) and continued up until last April, according to an affidavit.

Freed was arraigned Tuesday and released on supervision after making a $175,000 bail. He is required to wear an ankle monitor at all times and is prohibited from having any contact with minors or the victim.

Freed, who is employed as a principal at Williamsport Area High School, has been suspended with pay by the school board.

Here’s what the district said in a statement:

“In light of the charges filed … against Williamsport Area High School principal Dr. Roger Freed, the Williamsport Area School District wishes to provide an official response.”

“As per school policy and procedure, Dr. Freed is suspended from his position with pay. The school district is cooperating with authorities as they continue their investigation.”

Sources: TheWesternJournal, Independent, Sun-Gazette

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