A newlywed Iowa school teacher has admitted to sexually abusing pupils as young as 13.
Cassidy Kraus, 24, a teacher at IKM Manning School, faces up to 33 years in prison after losing her job and a brief marriage.
She married in July 2023, but her new husband Zachary filed for divorce on August 28, when the abuse of at least three boys was first revealed, according to Fox News.
Three days before the divorce filing, the instructor resigned to avoid being dismissed, according to school officials.
She pled guilty on Monday, Jan. 29, to one count of third-degree sexual assault, two counts of lascivious actions with a child, and three counts of disseminating and displaying obscene images to juveniles, KTIV reported.
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The allegations were for sexually abusing and sending obscene Snapchat messages to at least three youngsters aged 13 and 14.
Kraus “knowingly disseminat[ed] obscene material” via Snapchat to one boy between January and May 2022, and to two others between January and June 2023, the latter right before her marriage, according to Law&Crime, citing a Carroll County criminal complaint.
She performed lascivious acts against a 13-year-old in May 2022 by “fondling or touching” him, according to the complaint, which also stated that she was a “mandatory reporter of child abuse as a teacher employed by the IKM-Manning Community School District.”
Kraus also sexually molested a 14-year-old child by “performing sex acts” between January 17 and January 31, 2023, according to officials.
She is due to be sentenced on March 11 and faces up to 33 years in jail, according to KTIV.
Kraus was named to the Iowa State University dean’s list numerous times for “outstanding academic achievement” in her elementary education classes, according to Law&Crime.
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