(04/01/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Christopher John Klitgord, 29, a teacher at Milwaukie High School in Milwaukie, Oregon has been arrested and charged on allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.
Klitgord came to the attention of authorities when the alleged victim told a school resource officer about an ongoing sexual relationship with Klitgord.
It is alleged that in phone calls which were recorded that the girl told Klitgord that police were trying to contact her and that Klitgord said “deny all of that,” and asked her, “did you erase everything on your phone, text messages etc.?”
Milwaukie Police say that there is no immediate information that Klitgord had similar relationships with other students. The department is however asking that anyone with information regarding this case or other potential victims contact them at 503-786-7500.
Reportedly, Klitgord has been placed on administrative leave by the school system pending the outcome of the criminal investigation.
Following his arrest, Klitgord was reportedly being held in the Multnomah County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
04/02/09 – Charges Upgraded To Felonies
Christopher Klitgord now faces two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, which are Class C felonies.
Misdemeanor charges previously filed against Klitgord were dismissed.
04/09/09 – More Charges and Arraignment
Christopher Klitgord was arraigned today on six charges of sex abuse and two counts of tampering with a witness.
The new charges include four counts of sex aubse and two counts of witness tampering.
Klitgord pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday.
Investigators allege that he had sex with the same female student on six occasions and then tried to get her to lie about it.
07/02/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing
In a plea deal with prosecutors, Christopher Klitgord pleaded guilty today to two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. All other charges were dropped by prosecutors.
Multnomah County Circuit Judge Julie E. Frantz sentenced Klitgord to 14 months in prison, ordered him to pay his victim $15,000 with $10,000 due immediately and the remainder after he is released from prison.
In addition, Klitgord is required to serve five years probation, to submit a DNA sample and to undergo a minimum of six months of psychiatric counseling.
Klitgord was ordered to register a sex offender.
09/28/09 – Case Update
The Oregonian reports that the North Clackamas School District in hiring Christopher Klitgord failed to discover that New York City school officials had fired him the year before for dating a 16-year-old student, that he had lost his New York state teaching license and had forged a letter of recommendation.
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yeah – now he’ll have solid relationships with big strong grown men in prison. men that know what they want and will take it by force.. yeah justice has been served..
Yo im part of HSEF, the school in NYC where he had that relationship. Everyone in my school knew of the relationship before he was even caught, from Starbucks drinks together to dinner dates. So as to how he was re-hired i have NO idea!
I was in the class with the student that he FOOLED around with! I know the ENTIRE story. EVERYONE in our class knew something was up. we NEVER learned anything and he constantly told us stories about him getting drunk and smoking pot, once even encouraging us to experiment with mushrooms rather then LSD. He was a HUGE douche fag. Soon as he gets out I’m ridding on him. LOL
yeah he was pretty cool was my fav teacher
yeah I had him last year at milwaukie high i was in his algebra lab class which was bad ass becouse he was usally pretty cool and funny but it was awesome becouse literaly I didnt have to do any work we would have to get our work out and say we were working on it but he wouldnt actally care if we did it or not i think it was just so if an admin came in he wouldnt get in trouble but yeah its not a total shocker cuz he was always way nicer to girls then anyone else
Three comments made by students stand out as being logical and well stated; Yan Y, Andrea, and doodad. A couple of the others were not so bad, but most of the others were downright ludicrous.
Jenny attacked him for wearing the same clothes too often. diddlysquat made absolutely no sense at all. Tyler seems to be afraid of his/her own shadow. And Maria sounds as though her brain was developed through Mtv.
This teacher should have known better than to have ANY kind of a relationship with a student. Now, his life is ruined.