Teacher Christina Formella got married to her husband last year
After allegedly s*xually abusing a 15-year-old kid, a special education teacher named Christina Formella in the United States was placed under arrest.
Christina Formella, 30, was busted in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove Sunday days after a student told police she molested him in a Downers Grove South High School classroom in December 2023.
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Formella who married her college sweetheart in August 2024 also coached soccer at the school and coached the boy and was his tutor, and the alleged s*xual assault happened before the school day started.
Christina Formella, 30, a special education teacher and soccer coach at Downers Grove South High School in Chicago, was arrested during a traffic stop on Sunday and a text exchange suggests the student and Formella professed their love for each other
The student told Formella, “I love you,” and referred to her as “mama.”
Formella replied ‘I love you sooooo much baby… Even though this morning was short, it was perfect.’
‘I know baby it was perfect baby so perfect,’ the student wrote back
‘I love having s*x with you,’ Formella is accused of replying
‘I know baby I love it so much… It feels so good… It’s so passionate. .. It’s so intimate … It’s so perfect,’ the student replied
The assault of the 15 year old boy happened in December 2023, but the student’s mother found the messages last week on his iCloud after getting him a new phone
Downers Grove South High School teacher Christina Formella appeared startled when police pulled over her vehicle on March 16 and requested that she “grab whatever she needed.” She and her spouse appeared perplexed and attempting to make sense of the circumstances.
After her booking, Formella was released on the condition that she have no contact with anybody under the age of 18 and that she not enter Downers Grove South High School and she was also been placed on paid administrative leave from the school.
30-year-old Christina Formella was a soccer coach and special education teacher with Downers Grove South High School since 2020. She obtained her teaching license in 2017. Formella got married to her boyfriend who was a basketball player with Concordia University Chicago where they both went in August last year. Her husband was with her at the time of her arrest.
30-year-old married Illinois teacher Christina Formella arrested in March for allegedly m*lesting a 15-year-old boy during a tutoring session.
Formella’s husband was with her during the arrest in Downers Grove, unaware of what his wife had done.
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At first, the cops told Christina Formella that she was being investigated and that she would need to be handcuffed and transferred to the police station, but they did not disclose the cause. “I feel like I’m gonna throw up,” the NY Post said, adding that the 30-year-old was crying uncontrollably, gasping for air, and screaming these things often.
This happened when the mother of the victim filed a complaint against the instructor. People Magazine claims that when Formella was tutoring the boy in December 2023, the alleged abuse began. When the boy’s mother discovered s*xual texts between him and Ms. Formella on his phone last month, the event became public knowledge.
NEW: Police release bodycam footage showing the moment they arrested high school teacher Christina Formella for allegedly r*ping one of her students.
Formella was seen having a meltdown after police made the arrest.
The teacher is accused of r*ping a 15-year-old student before… pic.twitter.com/p5Ol3N88Os
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Robert Berlin, the state attorney for DuPage County, stated, “The allegations against Ms Formella are extremely disturbing. The type of abuse and behaviour alleged in this case will not be tolerated.”
Formella alleged in court documents that the youngster who accused her was blackmailing her because she was “good-looking.” She claimed that the youngster sent a message to himself on her phone after stealing it without her knowledge. He stored the message on his phone to use as blackmail, but later erased it from hers according to her.
She was released on the stipulation that she would not be permitted on school grounds or have any contact with anyone under the age of eighteen after being charged with two counts of serious criminal sexual assault.
🚨🇺🇸New police body cam footage just released from March 16, 2025 on the 1300 block of Hughes Avenue in Downers Grove, Illinois.
The video is of Christina Formella who is being accused of raping a student of hers in her classroom. The mother of the underage child found images… pic.twitter.com/XP7n1dafu1
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On April 14, she is scheduled to appear in court. Formella has been employed at the school since 2020 and received her teaching license in 2017. Beginning in 2021, she also volunteered as a soccer coach for both boys’ and girls’ teams.