Bijon Watson
Posted by: Webmaster in Band/Music, California, Charter Schools, Hall of Shame, High Schools, ME-FV
(08/25/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Bijon Savero Watson, 40, a music teacher and director for the jazz program at the Orange County School of the Arts, a charter school in Santa Ana, California, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of molesting a 16-year-old female student.
On May 22nd, Watson was convicted in a jury trial on three misdemeanor counts of child annoyance on allegations that he molested a 16-year-old student in his campus office during school program hours.
According to the Orange County District Attorney’s press release following Watson’s conviction:
On Oct. 26, 2006, Jane Doe, then 16-years-old, went to the defendant’s office on campus during school program hours. Watson instructed Jane Doe to close the door and began kissing the victim. The defendant kissed and fondled the victim, and told her he’d been waiting “a long time” to have a sexual relationship with Jane Doe. On Nov. 15, 2006, Watson kissed Jane Doe again in his office. On Jan. 24, 2007, Watson asked Jane Doe to orally copulate him in his office, but the victim refused. During this time Watson also sent several sexual text messages to the victim in the middle of the night and attempted to engage her in sexual conversations.
In addition to his brief jail sentence, Watson will also be on formal probation for five years and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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Santa Ana teacher sentenced for molesting student (08/25/08)
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
“Jim” and “Somebody says” I understand what your saying about the text messages, it really does raise doubts to his intentions, but since we Three do not know what they actually said and were not there at the trail, it’s hard for me to assume that he is automatically guilty. For the MANY inappropriate teachers that “Somebody” has known during his 24 years (I hope you reported them), there has been as many people convicted of crimes, spent years incarcerated, then exonerated after DNA/other evidence proved their innocence. Based on what I know, it just seems there was not enough evidence of the actual crime, three misdemeanor counts of child annoyance on allegations that he Molested a 16-year-old student in his campus office During School Program Hours. If he was on trial for sending inappropriate text messages, then a guilty verdict and punishment for that crime is understandable. I guess we will all just have to see if he wins an appeal, if he does, that means there is some doubt to the guilty verdict.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Truth:I have not heard you talk of any facts of the case.All I have heard you do is throw ugly accusations at everyone except your friend.So educate me.Lets hear about these text messages.Let us see what they actually said word for word not your opinion of what they contained.How many of them did he send.What time of day or night did he send them.Those are the facts of the case.