Greying snakehead marxist teacher gropes, bites and talks dirty to students- then gets years of paid 'disciplinary leave'
Disgraced teacher seeks to radicalize SB school district
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A teacher and avowed communist who named himself after an Egyptian god successfully pushed a woke curriculum on the very district that would later fire him over his conduct with a student.
Matef Harmachis, whose original name is Leigh Barker, was convicted of battery in 2017 for an incident that occurred against a female student in his
classroom, then spent years on paid disciplinary leave before finally being fired.
But before he was fired, he successfully lobbied the Santa Barbara board of education to require all students to take courses in ethnic studies, a branch of critical race theory. His effort to radicalize the curriculum came despite being accused of groping and biting the female student, threatening and grabbing others, and preaching his toxic brand of socialism from in front of the blackboard.
“He would hug me all the time,” said the female student, who The Daily Wire is referring to as “Maria” in order to protect her identity. Over time, the unwelcome hugs became longer and tighter, and he asked Maria to call him “daddy,” she said.
Inside the classroom where Mr. Harmachis held court, pictures of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro dotted the walls, according to Maria, who recalled that Mr. Harmachis was “very open” about his support for communism.
Mr. Harmachis was also open about sex and birth control with his students, Maria said. He offered massages to female students, made sexual noises, and once told his history class “I could have sex with any of the girls here,” according to Maria.
On May 4, 2017, Mr. Harmachis grabbed Maria’s buttocks during class, bit her ear, and made explicit sexual statements, she said. When she reported him, the school principal told her “four other women” had previously come forward with sexual allegations against Mr. Harmachis, she said.
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Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Santa Barbara Unified, Former Teacher Settles for $950,000
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Lawyers representing a former Santa Barbara High School student, Jane OB Doe, said on Tuesday that they reached a $950,000 settlement in a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara Unified School District and ex-teacher Matef Harmachis.
The civil complaint was filed on November 30, 2020, by Manly, Stewart & Finaldi — the same law firm that represented victims of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall and former Olympic Team doctor Larry Nassar, resulting in multimillion-dollar settlements in both cases — in the County of Santa Barbara Superior Court against Harmachis and the school district for, among other things, sexual battery, sexual assault, and negligent supervision, hiring, and retention.
According to the plaintiff’s lawyers, Harmachis sexually harassed and groped Jane OB Doe while she was a 16- and 17-year-old student at the school. They argued that the district should have done more to keep Harmachis out of the classroom and away from students.
The lawsuit states that in 2017, Harmachis was arrested, charged, pleaded no contest, and received a criminal sentence for misdemeanor battery of Jane OB Doe. He was not allowed in the classroom again once the district learned of the charge, and in March 2020, he had his teaching credential revoked by the state and was officially terminated by the district.
https://www.independent.com/2023/05/...es-for-950000/
