A “monster” middle school teacher has been charged with grooming and sexually abusing a teenage student who had viewed her as a “mother figure,” according to police.

Alisha Marie George, 40, a teacher and volleyball coach at the K-9 Hawthorn Academy in West Jordan, Utah, met the boy when he was just 12 years old, earned his trust, and stole his innocence, charging documents filed Thursday alleged.

The victim, now 15, told police George was a “monster” because “at a time in his life when he needed someone the most, [she] stepped up but took advantage of him.”

George met the boy when he was just 12 years old, earning his trust before allegedly abusing him sexually. Google Maps

He first met the teacher in 2023, when he was in the seventh grade, and recalled George helping him on the vo

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