Curtis Thomas Been, 37, a former principal and football coach at Midway High School, in Council Hill, Oklahoma is being sought on numerous felony charges alleging the sexual abuse of a child.
Been is currently charged with nine felony counts including forcible sodomy, rape by instrumentation, lewd molestation, second-degree rape and lewd or indecent proposals or acts to a child under 16 in a case alleging two female students as victims.
Reportedly, all but the indecent proposal charge involve a girl who was 14 when the alleged molestation began in August 2006 and the indecent proposal charge was filed in connection with an incident involving a girl younger than 16 who reportedly refused Been’s alleged advances.
An arrest warrant for Been has been issued, but as of late Tuesday evening he was not in custody.
One accuser is a 14-year-old girl who reportedly disclosed to sheriff’s investigators, her mother, her sister and girlfriends that she had been in an ongoing sexual relationship with Been and that they had sex on three separate occasions in Been’s office, the gym weight room and the school cafeteria.
Reportedly when a search warrant was executed on Been’s office there were preliminary indications of possible human sperm and body fluids found using an alternate light source.
Been has been suspended since the allegations surfaced shortly after the start of the new school year.
Curtis Been turned himself into police and was released on $150,000 bond on Wednesday afternoon.
04/24/08 - Preliminary Hearing
On Wednesday, two teenage girls testified for about 3 hours in the preliminary hearing for Curtis Been
Assistant DA Nikki Baker-Dotson announced an additional lewd-act charge against Been, the result of testimony given by one of the girls during Wednesday’s hearing.
The judge granted a continuance until May 21 so Been’s attorney can call witnesses.
References:
Teens testify against former principal at molestation hearing (04/24/08)
Educator accused in child sex case (9/28/07)
Former principal charged (9/26/07)
Former Midway principal, coach charged with 9 sexually-related felonies (9/26/07)
Former Principal And Coach Charged (9/26/07)
Former Principal And Coach Charged With Nine Felonies (9/25/07)
Former Council Hill coach, principal charged in nine felonies (9/25/07)
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September 16th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Well here we are a year later and there is still no resolution to this. The DA just doesn’t seem to want to go to a jury trial…I can’t imagine why if they have such an iron clad case against Mr. Been…isn’t that just a little bit strange? There have been no new facts brought in, the girls still aren’t sticking to the same story, but the DA is still pushing for a plea bargin. I think they have painted themselves into a corner with this case and now they don’t know how to get out of it without admitting they were wrong. I would think if they had a strong case, this would have been over long ago. The DA is now being forced to go to trial by the defense. Hopefully there will be a resolution brought to this soon.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I have had my fair share of meetings with Mr. Been. I know for a fact that these encounters did happen. One of the girls informed my niece of some of the encounters two months before the school year ended. So as for the his defense of revenge there is no way and in any case I can say that had my principal molested me I think I would probably want revenge as well. This man has always seemed sketchy to me. I never could put my finger on what it was but now I do. I am so glad I no longer live in an area that would support a sex offender the way this town has. I have had in my own family a bad teacher who decided to sexually molest and torment a childs mind. Ill never stand by that person again in my life. So dont say I have no idea what is going on in this situation.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
You are wrong appalled. False accusations are NOT rampant in our society and the research backs it up. Try reading these:
http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa_myths.html
http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa-acc.html
You will find out that false accusations are rare, even more so with children.
May 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
For all of you people who shame him and want to blast him so bad, then think on this: If your daughter came to you and told you she were in this situation wouldn’t you AND THE CHILD’S OTHER PARENT do everything to protect her, on that day and not days or months later!
Or maybe the other parent realizes the tangled web of deceit and has chosen to stay out of this mess.
Has anyone ever questioned the faulty superintendent for not upholding the suspension that cause this “revenge” in the first place?
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 am
“justiceforcurt” is apparently making up their story as they go along, because Mr. Been never worked for Hughes County DHS. I know people that he used to work with before taking that ill fated job at the school and they have never said anything of the sort. I am not a relative or a friend, but I am a concerned citizen. I think it is very scary at how quickly our society is ready to ruin peoples lives over little more than a story that is being told with no proof. These girls have never stuck to the same story, but Mr. Been has never changed his. Apparently this family has a reputation of lies and deceit in their community, but no one seems interested in those facts. The Muskogee County DA was pressuring for a plea bargin so they wouldn’t have to go to trial, because they know that the girls story will be questionable at best to a jury, but Mr. Been refused and is going to trial. People need to realize that these kinds of charges run rampent in our society because we are so quick to believe the accuser without much evidence, especially if it is a minor. I believe people are innocent until PROVEN guilty. It is easy to pass judgement when it isn’t you that is the accused, but this could just as easily happen to you or your family, you don’t have to work in a school for it to happen, basically just make someone with a poor character mad and you could end up being accused of all sorts of things. I believe when it is found that these girls are lying then they should have not only criminal charges but civil charges brought against them for false accusations and defimation. That is the problem with this type of thing, the accuser when found to be lying never has to face any consequences for their actions, but the accused is left in ruin no matter what the outcome. This is just my opnion and opinions are like a$$holes…everyone has one as you can see from the comments.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Ok, that is interesting about hughes county dhs, because I can tell you about a playroom romp with a child welfare worker that happened at okmulgee county child welfare when he was county director there in 2002 and then suddenly he left and went to education. Go figure. She was going to tell his wife. He was also in other counties I think in child welfare and I would like to hear from them and how many affairs he had there. He was married while he did this to this worker at okmulgee also. So did any of the 6 women at Hughes county tell his wife? Were the 6 other employees or were they clients, or just women that he found? (Deleted by site admin) It sounds like he finally messed with the wrong girl. Let’s see if Justice is truly served this time.
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May 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I have know Mr. Been for years and I can tell you at least 6 women he cheated on his wife with while he worked at hughes county DHS as a CHILD WELFARE SUPERVISOR!! Yeah put that in your pipe and smoke it!! This guy has always tried to have sex with anything that moves, Just a shame that some people remain fooled by him. Bottom line is he FINALLY got busted!! think about all the times he did not…. pretty scary!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 am
It is very hard to be objective when the ONLY ONLY ONLY thing that HAS BEEN PROVEN is the girls have yet to tell the same story twice during the prelim’s.
To “anonoymous October 16th” where did you hear he was a police officer? You state he did things you found questionable…? Why, were you a student he also tried to discipline? If so, no wonder you question it. If you are an adult, what was questionable? And WHAT IS NOT considered questionable?
To me, watching football players slap one another on the “butt” and say “GOOD GAME” is questionable, but we see it on every level of the playing feild from pee wee to the NFL.
To me, reading comments submitted on websites during a possible jury trial case and then several months later stating it on the stand using the excuse, I forgot to tell….is not only questionable, but would make your lawyer appear as if they were unknowledgeable of the case.