A former track teacher Hannah Marth at Northampton Area High School has been charged with s*xual assault by a sports official and institutional sexual assault because she allegedly had a relationship with a male student who was 17 years old in May 2021 with her Instagram now viral
Hannah Marth, who is charged, is 26 years old and a teacher in the Easton Area School District. At the time of the alleged crime, she was a javelin coach.
Instagram pictures of Northampton high school javelin coach Hannah Marth go viral
According to a news release from the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday, Hannah Marth reportedly texted the student at around 2 a.m. on May 22, 2021, and invited him to her home, where she started s*xual contact. Marth admitted to having a romantic relationship with the student during that time in an interview with state police. The student says the relationship went until October 2022.
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District Attorney Terry Houck stated that “a trusted relationship between a student athlete, an athlete’s parent, and a coach can be a vulnerable one. An abuse of that relationship shows a coach’s blatant disregard for the well-being of those she or he coached, and above all, the law. This defendant defied that trust when she committed this alleged crime against the victim.”
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School district responds to arrest of former track coach Hannah Marth
Hannah Marth was brought to court Thursday afternoon, and was freed on unsecured bail of $75,000. Superintendent David Piperato of the Easton Area School District, where Marth works, said in a statement that the district was told about Marth’s arrest by the district attorney’s office. Piperato also said, “The school district plans to work closely with the police on this matter and will do whatever it takes to keep our students safe.”
The Easton Area School District has not said what, if any, action they will take against Hannah Marth as of yet. But the school district’s policy says that “s*xual misconduct by an employee is prohibited and will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.”
Hannah Marth, who went to Northampton and was a star on the track and field team, is being charged with two third-degree felonies. If she is found guilty, she could spend up to seven years in jail for each charge.
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