NY - Art teacher, Brett Picou arrested for sex abuse of 4th graders at school

[Missizzy]

Brave little girl!!! No telling how many other little girls she saved from this trauma.



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02...cher-is-arrested-for-alleged-child-sex-abuse/

For Fifth Time This Month, A NYC Teacher Is Arrested For Alleged Child Sex Abuse
February 23, 2012


"....For the fifth time this month, a public school employee has been charged with a sex crime against a student. The Queens district attorney said Brett Picou, 30, an art teacher at P.S. 52, sexually abused six fourth grade girls by hugging them, then sliding his hands down over their clothing and touching their buttocks....."

and

"....one of the alleged victims told Picou, “I’m a little girl, you’re not supposed to do that to me.” Police said the alleged abuse happened on school grounds. One child told the school principal about the alleged abuse a week ago..."

and

"...Picou joins Chukwuma Duru, Tyleek Brooks, Gregory Atkins and Wilbert Cortez. Duru is a substitute teacher. Brooks and Atkins worked as teacher’s aides. Cortez is a computer teacher...."

More at link (plus photo)

 

[Rayemonde]

June 2012:

A teacher’s aide in New York City is caught between the justice system and the New York City Department of Education since a grand jury on Monday declined to indict him on child sexual abuse charges.

Though the aide, Brett Picou, 30, of Public School 52 in Springfield Gardens, Queens, is free from criminal charges, the Education Department has kept him off the payroll and could still seek to discipline or fire him.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/301751-queens-teacher-cleared-by-grand-jury-of-abuse-allegations/

 

[Rayemonde]

His lawyer Virginia LoPreto said Picou, who testified before the grand jury, was trying to pick up the pieces of his life.

“He’s hoping he can get back his reputation and certainly his livelihood,” she said.

http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/e...-charges-molesting-students-article-1.1098171

 

[Rayemonde]

Looks like he brought a civil suit after this, too -
http://www.law360.com/cases/52433a6a7a78ba2f1e00a1ef

 

[Rayemonde]

PICOU, BRETT VS CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL. 9/26/2013 Settlement $2,501.00

http://einsteinstructuredsettlements.com/newyork-state-settlement-payout-data.html