(07/08/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
John Charles Gisler, 41, a science teacher at Whitney Middle School in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been arrested on allegations of the sexual abuse of a minor.

John Gisler is reportedly charged with lewd molestation, forcible sodomy and second-degree rape.
The alleged victim is reportedly a boy under 16-years-old, and the alleged offense is said to have taken place in January, 2006.
Reportedly Gisler came into contact with the victim while serving as a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma. A spokesperson for that organization says that Gisler is no longer associated with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma. The statement also says that Big Brothers Big Sisters will work with authorities to inform any parents associated with the organization whose children may have been in contact with Gisler.
Gisler has been employed at Whitney Middle School since August 2005. Gisler worked previously at Clyde Boyd Junior High School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
According to a Tulsa Public School news release, administrators and campus police officials are conducting an internal investigation of Gisler and the district will determine the appropriate action regarding Gisler’s future employment pending the internal investigation and law enforcement proceedings.
Following his arrest and booking, John Gisler was released on bond totaling $150,000.
07/08/09 – Additional Information
Reportedly, the alleged victim was 14-years-old when the sexual assaults began. It is being reported that the sexual assaults allegedly ended last summer.
Gisler came to the attention of police, when the alleged victim sought therapy.
The alleged victim was enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma program.
A Tulsa Public Schools spokesperson has said that Gisler has been suspended and the spokesperson indicated that she expects Gisler to be “let go”.
07/09/09 – Case Update
According to a police affidavit detectives recorded a mid-June phone conversation between the boy and Gisler in which Gisler made admissions of guilt and apologized to the victim for hurting him sexually.
The affidavit also stats that Gisler threatened suicide and begged the victim not to tell anyone. Allegedly Gisler told the boy that if he disclosed the abuse he would lose his job and go to jail for a long time.
It is further alleged that the boy told police that Gisler initially paid him to masturbate and then the abuse evolved into oral and anal sex.
07/15/09 – Prosecutors Add Child Pornography Charge
Tulsa County prosecutors today added a child pornography count against John Gisler, alleging that he possessed images of child pornography on a computer found at his home.
Gisler, free on $150,000 bond on the earlier charges, was re-arrested and was reportedly being held on $100,000 additional bond on the child pornography count.
08/11/09 – School Board Fires Gisler
On Monday, the Tulsa school board voted to fire John Gisler.
Gisler remains jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond on the charge alleging possession of child pornography.
08/26/09 – Preliminary Hearing
A preliminary hearing was began today for John Gisler and the alleged victim testified that John Gisler engaged in sexual conduct with him over a period of years.
The now 17-year-old testified that Gisler paid him to masturbate by putting $1 to $10 in a jar for each act of masturbation and that this occurred well over 50 times, starting before the boy reached puberty.
The alleged victim further testified that they watched pornography together and engaged in oral and anal sex.
The preliminary hearing will continue tomorrow.
Gisler remains in the Tulsa Jail.
08/27/09 – Preliminary Hearing Continued To Tuesday
Today was supposed to be day two of the preliminary hearing for John Gisler however at the start of Thursday’s court session, defense lawyer Brian Martin informed the judge that a battery that operated Gisler’s hearing implant was dead.
Martin told the judge that Gisler can not hear without the aide of his hearing device and the judge continued the preliminary hearing to Tuesday.
09/04/09 – Gisler Bound Over For Trial – One Charge Added
At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing for John Gisler, he was facing one more charge than at the beginning of his preliminary hearing.
The latest charge is one count of lewd molestation for allegedly showing adult porn to a minor.
The judge bound Gisler over for trial on three counts of child sexual abuse and one count each of possessing child pornography and lewd molestation.
Gisler remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bond and will be arraigned on Tuesday.