New York Daily News

Sex abuse vs. disabled girl at her school

- BY EDGAR SANDOVAL, MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN and ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA

TWO TEENAGE boys sexually abused a learning-disabled 17-year-old girl in a Brooklyn school bathroom while other students watched, including one who may have recorded the attack on a cell phone, police sources said Wednesday.

The victim was lured to the bathroom by a 13-year-old boy who told her that her English as a second language teacher wanted to see her, sources said.

The trusting victim followed the boy to the ground-floor boys’ bathroom inside Public School 165 Ida Posner on Lott Ave. in Brownsvill­e, where six other boys were waiting about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, sources said.

A 15-year-old boy pushed the girl into the bathroom and demanded she perform sex acts on a 14-year-old boy, according to police sources.

The girl, feeling intimidate­d and threatened, complied, sources said.

After the boys ran off, the victim burst into tears and told her friends what happened. A guidance counselor was notified, then the principal and police.

The victim told police she saw someone holding a cell phone and possibly recording the incident, though authoritie­s have yet to recover any video, sources said.

The 14-year-old whom the girl performed sex acts on was charged with sex abuse and forcible touching. The 15-yearold who pushed her into the bathroom was hit with the same charges, along with unlawful imprisonme­nt, officials said. Their names were not released because they are minors.

They were released to their parents after a hearing in Family Court, officials said.

An order of protection was issued barring them from any contact with the victim.

The mother of the older suspect said she believes her son is innocent.

“My comment is that the little girl is lying on my son,” she said.

Relatives of the other suspect could not be reached.

Families of students at the school have been notified of the attack, according to Education Department officials.

“This incident is deeply troubling and we are working closely with the NYPD as they conduct an investigat­ion,” Education Department spokeswoma­n Toya Holness said.

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