A former Manhattan Public Schools principal is facing a federal lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a student “almost every day,” calling her “baby” and “princess.” The lawsuit claims Brett Kimmel, who now lives in Maryland, molested the student, pressured her to perform oral sex and attempted to have sex with her just before her 18th birthday. New York Post Informed.
Court papers further claim that the accused allegedly “set his sights” on the girl when she was in eighth grade at Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School more than a decade ago.
Kimmel sent the victim multiple inappropriate messages and emails every day during her freshman year, and later asked her to send him shirtless selfies, she claimed in her April Manhattan federal court lawsuit against Kimmel and the city’s Department of Education. The court papers further argue that the messages did not stop even after the teen’s older sister told Kimmel about his deranged notes in the summer of 2012.
She claimed that the principal would drive her to and from school and molest her during car rides during her sophomore and junior years.
The woman claimed that her long-term abuse was caused by “negligent supervision” from the Department of Education (DOE), including a lack of staff and faculty training to report suspicious behavior and ignoring students’ comments about abuse. Was involved.
According to city payroll records, the city schools’ special commissioner of investigations had no report on file for Kimmel, who earned $182,844 in fiscal year 2015 and left the DOE in the fall of that year.
Years after the abuse ended, the woman “decided to file a lawsuit to hold the wrongdoer accountable so he can’t do this to anyone else again,” her attorney Julia Kuan told The Post.
Kuan said the woman did not report the abuse to police at the time, but declined to elaborate due to client confidentiality.
Court documents indicate she is seeking unspecified damages.
Kimmel, now working as an education consultant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, denied the sexual abuse allegations through his attorney Alan Sachs and requested that the case be dismissed from court.
