Stratford Teacher's Aide Offered Boy, 15, Money to Keep Sexual Relationship Quiet: Report

Stratford teacher’s aide Kyle Damato-Kushel, 45, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy, who at one point had been a student of hers when she was a preschool teacher, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Damato-Kushel, who worked at Wooster Middle School, was arraigned in court on Monday and the case was continued to Jan. 20.

The victim told police that he had been having sex with Damato-Kushel since 2013 when he was in seventh grade and the relationship was discovered by Damato-Kushel’s husband in their Stratford home, according to the Post.

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Damato-Kushel allegedly offered the boy $900 to keep the relationship quiet and the victim at one point told police that she had become pregnant but had a miscarriage, according to the Post.

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Stratford Police arrested Damato-Kushel on Dec. 8 following an investigation that began Oct. 1 when police were contacted regarding allegations of inappropriate conduct by an adult female and a juvenile victim.

Damato-Kushel was charged with second-degree sexual assault, illegal sexual contact with a minor, fourth-degree sexual assault where the victim is a student and tampering with a witness.

Read more about Monday’s arraignment at the Connecticut Post here.