A Stuff #metooNZ investigation can reveal a top teacher resigned abruptly from an Auckland girls’ school after being accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with a student. The student, now 19, told Stuff the behaviour began with “hugs” from Thomas when she was suffering anxiety as a 16-year-old​, Year 12 student​. Epsom Girls Grammar School Principal, Lorraine Pound, said the school actively encouraged students to raise concerns of any nature. Caleb Carnie/Stuff Throughout 2019, Thomas employed Lyla at Remuera Music School on Saturday mornings, where she says she worked closely with him. Police eventually told Lyla they could not prosecute because she was 16 at the time the relationship began, and it was consensual.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2021 16:52 UTC