Buckle up because this story is wild. So apparently, this special education teacher named Christina Formella got caught having a relationship with one of her students, and get this – it wasn’t just a little fling. No, she allegedly raped him a whopping 50 times.
And get this – she is actually blaming her actions on her good looks.
I don’t know about you, but last time I checked, being good looking don’t make it okay to have a relationship with a ten student, let alone rape them. It’s just plain wrong, no matter how you try to spin it.
Christina Formella, 30, has long denied allegations that she engaged in an inappropriate relationship with the unidentified teenage student, whom prosecutors say she sent explicit text messages and raped more than 50 times.
She is now facing a total of 55 criminal charges, including criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, indecent solicitation of a child and grooming.
But Formella’s family is now claiming she is just the victim of ‘sexist scrutiny,’ the New York Post reports.
‘It’s a spectacle – a public ritual that publishes women not for what they’ve done, but for how they’re perceived,’ a representative for the family told the outlet.
‘When men face accusations, we discuss evidence and procedure. When women face accusations, we attack their character, their choices and their worth as human beings,’ the family rep continued.
‘This isn’t justice – it’s gender-based persecution disguised as accountability.’
The representative for the family went on to explain that the ‘public discourse’ around Formella’s case focuses on her ‘appearance, her private life [and] even her lipstick – as if those details bear on guilt or innocence.’
He also hit out at ‘Internet caricatures’ that call Formella a ‘”predator,” “unfaithful wife” [and] “hypocrite,”‘ and claimed the coverage of the former teacher and soccer coach’s alleged crimes have turned into ‘real-world stalking’ by ‘so-called content creators.’
Formella was even once followed to church, ‘violating the sanctity of worship and terrorizing her family,’ the representative said.
‘Christina’s case isn’t being “covered” – she’s being hunted,’ he continued in a statement, adding that Formella has become the victim of ‘bullying.’
‘Reckless speculation, misinformation and theatrical coverage do nothing to serve justice and set hard-won respect for women back decades,’ the representative concluded.
Prosecutors have said Formella began an illicit relationship with the boy when he was just 14 years old and a member of the soccer team she coached at Downers Grove South High School.
Formella had taken it upon herself to privately tutor the teen before class after an injury sidelined him.
But prosecutors say the arrangement became more sinister when the special education teacher started sending the teenager flirtatious messages using the school’s messaging system.
Their exchanges eventually moved to text, with the alleged pedophile at one point telling the teen she ‘loved’ him and that he was ‘perfect,’ according to messages previously revealed in court.
The relationship then allegedly turned physical inside her classroom in December 2023, when she was 28 and the boy was 15.
The allegations first came to light in March, after the boy’s mother stumbled upon the text messages on his phone, including one in which Formella allegedly wrote: ‘I love having sex with you’.
Let’s hope justice is served in this case because there is no excuse for this kind of behavior, no matter who you are.
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