Central KY teacher charged with sex abuse will forfeit license for dismissed charge
Prosecutors in Madison County agreed to dismiss a sexual abuse charge placed last year against a former elementary school teacher, court records say.
Charles Hamilton, 40, was originally charged with sexual abuse of a minor after police began investigating an assertion made by one of Hamilton’s former students.
But Thursday, that charge was dismissed without prejudice by prosecutors in Madison County. Dismissing the case without prejudice means they have the right to refile the case at a later time.
Jennifer Smith, the assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Madison County, said the agreement was reached as a result of mediation. As part of the dismissal, Hamilton must forfeit his teaching license. Hamilton has already submitted the paperwork to rescind his license
Hamilton’s attorney, Abe Mashni, said he was happy for his client that has consistently maintained his innocence.
Court documents claimed the student, who was 10 when the incident occurred and is now 17, told her therapist about the incident, and the therapist relayed the allegations to the Department for Community Based Services.
DCBS scheduled an interview with the student nine days later.
During the interview, the student said that on the day of the incident, she needed to use the bathroom and asked Hamilton to accompany her because the power was out, and she was scared of the dark.
The student did not ask Hamilton to come into the bathroom, but he did and waited outside the stall, according to court documents. When she came out of the stall, she hugged Hamilton, and he inappropriately touched her genitals over her clothes.
