Hudson County View
A former teacher at Union City High school already facing charges for two separate sexual assaults is now being accused of violating another student in 2004 in a lawsuit that was filed earlier this month, the second making allegations of this nature.
Inset photo of Francisco Realpe courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The 17-page lawsuit was filed in Hudson County Superior Court on July 8th and the plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges that Francisco Realpe – a gym teacher at Union City High School – would routinely have flirtatious and sexually explicit conversations with female students.
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HOBOKEN, N.J., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Former Union City, N.J. high school teacher- coach Francisco Mike Realpe - now awaiting trial on sexual abuse charges in Jersey City - today was named in a civil action alleging that in 2004 he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old student when he was her teacher and coach at Union City High School. The complaint also names Union City school district as a defendant for allegedly failing to protect plaintiff Jessica Garcia and other female students from being preyed upon by Realpe, according to her attorneys at the law office of Barry Corrado & Grassi, P.C.
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Inset photo of Francisco Realpe courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“At all times relevant herein, Francisco Realpe used his position of trust and supervision over Jessica Garcia to groom her in order to commence physical sexual contact with her, to commence a physical sexual contact/intercourse with her, to coerce her to engage in sexual contact/intercourse with others, and to utilize her to groom/target other minors and/or students,” the suit, filed in Hudson County Superior Court on Friday, says.
The suit accuses Realpe of routinely engaging in sexually explicit and flirtatious conversations with female students, including Garcia.