A Kentucky teacher is facing charges after police say he sexually abused a 10-year-old child.
According to an arrest warrant obtained by LEX 10, Charles Hamilton is facing a first-degree sexual abuse charge, in connection with the alleged abuse of a student at Boonesborough Elementary School in Richmond.
The incident came to light after the student, now 17, told their therapist that during the 2017-2018 school year, Hamilton sexually assaulted her while she was in fifth grade.
The student said that Hamilton followed into the girls’ bathroom while the power was out, and then touched her inappropriately “through her clothing,” FOX 56 reports, by cupping her thigh and touching her private area.
The student claimed that Hamilton entered the bathroom without permission. She added that she told him “yes” once he was in the bathroom because, at the time, she thought she had been in love with the teacher and that’s what people in love were supposed to do.
The student also said that Hamilton had been “treating her like she was an adult.”
“Madison County Schools was made aware that the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) was beginning an investigation regarding Charles Hamilton on Sept. 8, 2025,” the school district said in a statement.
“On that same date, Mr. Hamilton was placed on leave pending the outcome of the DCBS investigation. Mr. Hamilton has remained on leave since Sept. 8 and has not returned to his teaching or coaching duties.
“The district will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation,” the school district announced in a statement.”
Hamilton, who’s also a middle school coach, subsequently turned himself in. He was booked into the Madison County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond.
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[Feature Photo via Madison County Detention Center]
