COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A former substitute teacher and after-school director found himself back in court on Wednesday for a bond hearing — after being accused of sexually assaulting children as young as seven-years-old.

On Tuesday, victims’ families filed federal lawsuits against Green Charter School of the Midlands and the South Carolina Public Charter School District.

Thirty-three-year-old Sulaymaan Benoit was initially arrested in February and charged with eight counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct — accused of touching three students between the ages of seven and 12-years-old, while on school grounds.

According to court records, he was released on bond in April, and then re-arrested in late October for a similar additional charge.

Three families now filing federal lawsuits

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