Ridley scotts new film. I made the wrong choice, didnt i. And Michelle Williams takes on the fallout. Were all living in the aftermath of their actions. But first, the nightline 5. Good evening. We begin here tonight with a major update to a nightline investigation from last spring. The practice known as passing the trash when administrators unload teachers accused of Sexual Misconduct to other schools. The new Mexico Attorney general opened a grand jury investigation. Now even more alleged victims are coming forward. Heres abcs amy robach. He started touching us in improper places. Reporter this is the rarely seen footage of a young girl alleging abuse in her Elementary School classroom. Are you more comfortable in that chair . Yeah. Reporter struggling to find the right words to describe the inexplicable as part of a 2009 Police Investigation into alleged abuse at fairview Elementary School in espanola, new mexico. He touched us like right here and all that and sometimes he stuck his hand then i used to always wear my jacket and then i never wear skirts. I would wear pants because i was afraid. So when you say he stuck his hands right here, what does that mean, on your clothes or on your skin . On my skin. Reporter shes pointing a finger at her fourth grade teacher gary gregor who now sits behind bars more than a decade after his students allege he committed sexual abuse. She says the memories of that school year still haunt her to this day. Makes me mad because hes standing next to so many children who are unaware of the person he is. Reporter a person who had a trail of allegations of misconduct following him for years across two School Districts from state to state, classroom to classroom. She says the class was different from the start gregor showering i remember getting a white tshirt with purple flowers on it that said my name on it. I got a little notebook that was green, my favorite color. Reporter singling them out for special treatment. He would have us sit next to him in the classroom as we had elected officials, Council Members and i was always on that council. I felt like i had some kind of power in the class especially above the other students who didnt get elected. Reporter in front of the classroom she became a target for abuse. I drew thoughts on the spots where we were touched and different colors are for different girls. It just felt strange to have to talk about it at such a young age when i wasnt even comfortable saying the words. He told you to go in the closet and then what . He said he wanted to kiss me. The thing that i rem most was feeling the warmth of his breath next to my face on my ear where his lips touching mine. And it just didnt feel right. And i didnt want it and i wanted it to end but i was so afraid. Reporter her story is familiar, part of an explosive reality. The u. S. Department of education estimates that 4. 5 Million Students experienced Sexual Misconduct at the hands of a School Employee some time between kindergarten and 12th grade. Another government report found that in its study on average one Child Predator in schools had as many as 73 victims, sometimes without ever being caught. Serious loopholes in the state system make it easy for predators to evade detection. Reporter School Leaders continue to allow predatory teachers to move from one classroom to another. Passing the trash is how many refer to it. An easy way for administrators to unload problematic teachers on to other schools by hiding alleged misconduct through other means sometimes even providing recommendations then looking the other way. They basically say, well grease the wheels so that you can go get a job somewhere else, as long as its not here at our school. Reporter attorney dave ring says hes litigated passing the trash cases for 21 years. Why do you think administrators allow these teachers to just move on . Its the easy way out. Its the quickest, most efficient solution to get rid of a dangerous teacher. Get him out of our school. Let someone else deal with him. Hold our breath. Reporter long before nigelli, gregor taught fifth grade in utah. In 1995, the state charging him with sexual abuse of a child. A district judge dismissed the charges citing insufficient proof and the state board of education issued gregor a reprimand. He then turned up as a teacher in two other schools, in montana and new mexico before becoming a fourth grade teacher in santa there, during a field trip in 2004, museum staff reported seeing gregor inappropriately touching student. The school investigated finding that gregor hugged and tickled the girls saying i believe this is grooming behavior. He signed an agreement that he would resign and not apply for another position within that School District and in exchange he would receive a neutral recommendation enabling him to find his next job in espanola. Agreements like this, freeing teachers to move on to other classrooms, have been banned in only seven states across the country. Nigelli says she and three of her friends worked up the courage to report it to the principal only to get an unexpected reaction. Her response was that he was a good friend of hers. She knew that he wouldnt do that. Repte blame squarely on the girls and even going into the classroom to reprimand them. She told the class that we shouldnt be making false accusations because she was pretty much calling us liars. Reporter after the public scolding, she kept quiet. I felt trapped. Who was going to believe me . Reporter in a statement through her attorney, principal montoya denied any wrongdoing saying that she investigated and took action regarding all alleged infractions and that the class was regularly monitored and a grandmother sat in on a good portion of his class. The state claimed there was never any report from nigelli made to ms. Montoya. Eventually nigelli told her own parents who contacted police who conducted their own investigation. The case languished for years. But new Mexico Attorney general hector valdarez has stepped in reporting on nigellis case. You said, we have a system right now that favors Employment Rights over student safety rights. Do you still believe thats the case . I absolutely believe that. The system right now is a playground for predators, and simply they have the wrong set of priorities. Weve done a very poor job in proportionately responding to the sex abuse crisis that exists in Public Schools across this country. Reporter soon after our report first aired in april, he opened a grand jury investigation where nigelli testified once again sharing the sensitive details of the alleged misconduct. I know my story. Every time i have to tell it, it brings back emotions. Reporter gregor was convicted on sexual penetration of a minor, kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. Ensuring that mr. Gregor has absolutely no contact with any minors. Reporter abc requested a his attorney, which he declined but he denies the allegations. Are you entering a plea of not guilty . We are, your honor. I got the chills. Feels nice to know that finally somethings being done about what happened to us. Reporter ten years after those difficult days, nigelli says shes ready to face gregor in court. He cant intimidate me the way he did when i was a little girl. Now i talk about it and hes there, i wont let him have any control over me. Reporter if convicted on all charges, gregor could face a maximum pen alt of 165 years in prison. Since his arrest, three more women have come forward with their own stories of sexual abuse by gregor while they were still in Elementary School including multiple counts of sexual penetration, criminal sexual contact and each of sexual exploitable of children and kidnapping. You are going to trial. Reporter abc requested a comment from gregor through his attorney about these charges, but he declined. Attorney general valderas says this case is not over. His office will continue to examine the responsibility if any of School Administrators where gregor taught. For these predators to go from School District to School District is absolutely appalling. Reporter nigelli says she remains hopeful that justice will finally be served. He cant hurt anybody else by doing what he did to me and the other girls. Reporter for nightline, im amy robach. 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John paul getty and the man originally cast to play him, had you completely cut the film already . Oh, yeah, i was done. I was delivered. I was walking away. I had already started another movie. Reporter then october 29, less than two months before the scheduled release of the film, the Actor Anthony Rapp accused spacey of pushing him on to a bed and climbing on top of him during a party in the 80s when rapp was just 14. Spacey claims not to remember the incident but apologized for any hurt. Were you surprised when the revelations came out about him . Not completely surprised. I knew he had a bit of a reputation. I keep out of that. I dont read tabloid. Dont touch it. All im concerned about is the individuals as an artist. How how much would you pay to release your grandson . Reporter spacey was starring alongside Michelle Williams in the true tale of the kidnapping of gettys grandson. Were you friends with kevin spacey . Were you surprised at these we had very little interaction. Reporter within weeks more than a dozen men accused spacey of Sexual Misconduct. Netflix soon announced their flagship house of cards would continue but without spacey. The trailer for all the money in the world to drop, spacey was in it. They were just going to release the picture anyway . I didnt wait for that to happen. I knew inevitably by the time you finish, there will be a reason why it wont get released. I didnt want that to happen. Reporter scott decided to recast and reshoot mere weeks from its thendecember 22nd release. He asked veteran venable oldest ever oscar actor winner Christopher Plummer to replace spacey. He said screw you. Why didnt you offer it to me in first place. Reporter he slept on it, then said he was in. I wanted to do it immediately. I was very my god, what have i done . Two days later we were off to london. And shooting. Reporter Christopher Plummer is 88 years old. Ridley scott is 80. 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And thats the tyranny of abuse is that its always about them. And were all living in the aftermath of their actions. Reporter williams did not want everyone elses hard work to go to waste. For no one is it more painful than the people whose lives were directly affected, but it certainly infiltrated our lives and our work and our families and our time. And to have all of this for naught was really a shame. Reporter scott and williams both received g nominations for this film. She is the star, plays gail getty fighting to get her son back from the mafia and trying to get one of the wealthiest men in the world to pay the ransom. Ridley scott, i want to tell it from a womans perspective. Reporter plummer also got the golden globe nod, nine days work. We tried to find some vulnerability in the old man. I concentrated on making him perhaps more human than he deserved to be. Reporter and kevin spacey now eight house of cards employees allege sexual harassment. 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