A former employee at the Nueva School’s San Mateo campus accused of sending lewd and inappropriate text messages to a 14-year-old female student is facing six months in county jail after pleading no contest to contact with a minor for the purpose of committing a sexual offense Wednesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Redwood City resident Ian Whiteman, 40, previously pleaded not guilty to charges of lewd acts upon a child age 14, contact with a minor for the purpose of committing a sexual offense and misdemeanor child annoyance and molestation. Having posted a $150,000 bail bond, he has been out of custody and will next appear in court May 3 for sentencing, according to prosecutors.
Whiteman was put on administrative leave from his job in the school’s technology department after the teen’s parents discovered an intimate text conversation between Whiteman and their daughter and reported it to school officials in August of 2017, according to prosecutors previously.
When Whiteman was initially charged, Terry Lee, the Nueva School’s associate head of school, confirmed Whiteman had not been employed by the school since the summer of 2017 and that a background check had been successfully completed.
Whiteman’s defense attorney Joseph Leveroni could not be immediately reached for comment.
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