Another week, another Bergen County, New Jersey teacher accused of sleeping with a student. Lyndhurst High School football coach and phys. ed. teacher Scott Rubinetti was arrested yesterday and charged with sexual assault, child endangerment and witness tampering. Police say that between 2009 and 2010 he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a senior girl in his charge.
Rubinetti, 39, was reported by another school teacher who heard about the alleged relationship and things moved quickly from there. "The alleged victim in this investigation was located and confirmed inappropriate sexual conduct occurred between her and Rubinetti and the sexual abuse happened between 2009 and 2010, when the student was a senior at Lyndhurst High School," Prosecutor John L. Molinelli and Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor said Wednesday in a joint release.
Worse for Rubinetti, who graduated from Lyndhurst in 1990, is the fact that according to authorities, "During the course of the investigation, Rubinetti is alleged to have contacted the victim in this investigation and told her to lie to law enforcement if questioned regarding their inappropriate sexual conduct with each other."
The bail for the married Rubinetti—who prosecutors remind you is innocent until proven guilty—has been set at $150,000 and he has been ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim or her family. He is set to be arraigned on January 31.
