Prep School Teacher Charged With Rape for Sex With Student at Club, DA Says
(DNAINFO) Irene Plagianos — A Financial District private school teacher was charged with rape after having sex with a 16-year-old student inside the East Village club Lit Lounge, police said.
David Azurmendi, 34, a teacher at Léman Preparatory School, was charged with third-degree rape for having sex with the student at the 93 Second Ave. bar on June 19, police said.
Azurmendi was a health teacher and coach at the exclusive private school, which charges upwards of $43,650 a year in tuition, according to the school’s website.
The Daily News reported that Azurmendi, a married father of two who lives in Summit, N.J., met up with the student after she invited him to the lounge, where she had been drinking. The pair then reportedly had sex in the bar’s bathroom.
The teen allegedly told a fellow student about what happened, and the student told the school’s principal, who called police, according to the Daily News.