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Portland Public Schools Employee Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Abuse Charges

Brett Christy-Hamilton is charged with abusing a student.

A Portland Public Schools employee has pleaded not guilty to sex abuse charges.

Brett Christy-Hamilton is charged with abusing a seven-year-old girl who was a student at Whitman Elementary School where he was a para-educator.

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The abuse allegedly happened in November, 2015.

Christy-Hamilton has been on paid administrative leave since then.

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He has worked full-time for the district since the 2009-10 school year.

Christy-Hamilton is due back in court on August 29th.

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