A teacher at the elite Brentwood School was charged Friday with repeatedly having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old male student this summer, prosecutors said. Palmitessa, who worked for nine years at the private school, was arrested Aug. 18 after the teen reported the alleged assaults to authorities, the district attorney’s office said. Prosecutors allege that Palmitessa sexually assaulted the teen, a former student of hers, between June 12 and Aug. 11, the district attorney’s office said in a statement. Palmitessa is a biology teacher at the private school, one of Los Angeles’ most expensive schools, sources told The Times. veronica.rocha@latimes.comTwitter: VeronicaRochaLAUPDATES:1:45 p.m.: This article was updated with Palmitessa pleading not guilty and the student’s age.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 15, 2017 18:01 UTC