Authorities reported that a substitute teacher, 27-year-old Jasskirat Saini, engaged in disturbing interactions with a 14-year-old student at Hillcrest High School in Queens, New York. Saini allegedly showed the student his hickeys and made inappropriate comments, leading to his arrest, per the New York Post.
The 27-year-old told the teen,
“If I was a student at Hillcrest, I would make you fall in love with me by having sex with you, so you can never stop thinking about me.”
“You are a teacher and are not supposed to be saying something like that,”
the student told him after his shocking and inappropriate comment, per a criminal complaint.
The teacher then laughed following the teen’s response.
According to prosecutors, the substitute teacher is accused of engaging in multiple creepy interactions with the student for over a month and a half. He repeatedly questioned if she thought he was attractive and expressed his desire to have a sexual relationship with her. He also touched her inappropriately.
During another encounter, Saini reportedly flaunted hickeys on his neck from his girlfriend and expressed his desire for the student to be old enough to date him. In front of other students, he insisted she sit next to him, brushing away the other kids and calling them annoying. He also asked her to spend time with him outside of school hours, demanded a hair tie as a keepsake, and uncomfortably moved her chair closer to his, causing their knees to touch.
Saini was apprehended at the school on Monday following a complaint from the girl’s father. He is facing charges of child endangerment and harassment. During his arraignment at Queens Criminal Court, he was released without bail but mandated to stay away from the student.
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Creepy NYC substitute teacher showed 14-year-old his hickeys and said he’d make her ‘fall in love’ if they had sex: prosecutors https://t.co/bLmjiejMaQ pic.twitter.com/MHpyCfy7Ku
— New York Post (@nypost) May 22, 2024