Germantown Teacher Found Not Guilty of Sex Abuse, Sex Offense
Not guilty verdict for Neelsville Middle School teacher Cuyler Jay Cornell, accused of fondling one of his students.
Cuyler Jay Cornell
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Germantown Teacher Found Not Guilty of Sex Abuse, Sex Offense
Not guilty verdict for Neelsville Middle School teacher Cuyler Jay Cornell, accused of fondling one of his students.
A Germantown teacher was acquitted on charges of sexual abuse and sex offense, ending a week-long trial spurred by a former student’s allegations that the educator fondled him at school. The jury took nearly two hours to render the not guilty verdict Tuesday. Facing the charges was Cuyler Jay Cornell, 51, of Germantown, who taught seventh grade English at Neelsville Middle School. Cornell cupped his fingers over his eyes as his family shrieked and sobbed from the courtroom gallery immediately after the verdict was read. Cornell has been an educator for more than 20 years. “And he's waiting on this kid to be his victim? The state’s argument is so ridiculous,” Cornell’s attorney Reginald W. Bours III said after the trial. His accuser claimed…
News Nearby: Germantown Teacher Denies Touching Student Inappropriately
Sex abuse trial involving a Neelsville Middle School teacher continues today.
During his testimony in circuit court on Friday, a Germantown teacher adamantly denied allegations that he touched a former male student’s private parts. “Did you ever touch or attempt to touch (the alleged victim’s) penis?” defense attorney Reginald W. Bours III asked. “No,” Cuyler Jay Cornell, 51, of Germantown, said abruptly, his face flushed red. Cornell is expected to continue his testimony today. A 15-year-old accuser claims Cornell touched his buttocks and genitals and asked him for kisses while he was a student at Neelsville Middle School, where Cornell taught seventh grade English. In his testimony on Friday, Cornell described the alleged victim as an emotionally troubled teen who had a penchant for exaggeration, may have had …
