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Married New Jersey teacher, Julie Rizzitello, 37, faces a decade in prison, permanent forfeiture of teaching license, after admitting to inappropriate relations with students

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4c95ca8cede9b09a4c1013eb9f0a9e9 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261616&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>High school teacher Julie Rizzitello&comma; 37&comma; pled guilty last week to two counts of second-degree sexual assault in Monmouth County&comma; New Jersey <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c97dd3f99791b44710d2ebe56e8088e wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261616&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Married teacher faces career ending restitution after admitting to sexual relations with two students &&num;8216&semi;on multiple occasions&&num;8217&semi; and in multiple cities across the state over a period of seven years<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9bd420538f6caa685aa085bae1eee4df wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261616&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She resigned her 12-year employment as a 9th grade English teacher at Wall Township High School&comma; after her arrest in July 2024<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bff82d1040d204b6ec249018fceffdfa wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261616&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Prosecution want Rizzitello to serve a decade in state prison&comma; register as a sex offender for life&comma; permanently forfeit her teaching license and remain on parole supervision for life<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94e46364a494f2e0ab0b236f7d22169d wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261616&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sentencing is scheduled for January 9&comma; 2026<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Julie-Rizzitello-in-court-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485137" style&equals;"width&colon;764px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Julie Rizzitello&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a high school teacher in <strong>in Monmouth County<&sol;strong>&comma; NJ&comma; last week pled guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault against two students&comma; in the last seven years&period; Affairs happened while she has been married <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A married female teacher faces a up to 10 years in prison after she confessed to having&nbsp&semi;depraved relationships with two students&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Julie Rizzitello&comma; 37&comma; pled guilty last week to&nbsp&semi;two counts of second-degree sexual assault&period;<br>The former high school English teacher engaged in &&num;8216&semi;various sexual acts&&num;8217&semi; with the students on multiple occasions and in three cities across New Jersey&period;<br>Prosecutors are seeking that&nbsp&semi;Rizzitello spend a decade in state prison&comma; register as a sex offender for life and&nbsp&semi;permanently forfeit her teaching license at her sentencing which is scheduled for January 9&comma; 2026&period;<br>The state is also recommending parole supervision for life&comma; which in the state of New Jersey translates to an ex-convict remaining under parole board supervision for a minimum of 15 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Julie-Rizzitello-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485145" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>After 12 years Rizzitello &lbrack;L-R&rsqb;&comma; resigned her job at&nbsp&semi;Wall Township&nbsp&semi; school district teaching ninth-grade English and SAT prep&period; Prosecution is seeking 10 years in prison&comma; registration as a sex offender for life&comma; permanent forfeiture of her teaching license and parole supervision for life <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Rizzitello&comma; who wedded in 2017&comma;&nbsp&semi;was arrested in July last year&comma; just days after she resigned from her role at Wall Township High School&period; Investigators determined she was engaged in sexual relations with an 18-year-old student&nbsp&semi;between April and June 2024&period; <br>She also had sex with a separate teen student&nbsp&semi;multiple times between 2017 and 2018&period;<br>Faced with corroborating evidence obtained by police from the victims&comma; Rizzitello admitted in court to engaging in separate sexual acts with two of her students&period;<br>Rizzitello was hired by Wall Township Public Schools since 2013&comma; taught ninth-grade English and SAT prep&comma; with an annual salary of&nbsp&semi;&dollar;62&comma;000&period; The former teacher&nbsp&semi;also served as an advisor for several clubs in the area&period; <br>However&comma; her career as an educator was put on hold last year on July following accusations of sexually assaulting her student&period;<br>Rizzitello was arrested at her Brick Township home on July 3&comma; 2024&comma; and charged with two counts of sexual assault&comma; witness tampering and three counts of criminal sexual contact&period; Additional charges of sexual assault and witness tampering were tacked on a fortnight later&comma; during a court hearing&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Julie-Rizzitello-in-court-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485142" style&equals;"width&colon;807px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rizzitello is accused&comma; sent one student&comma; 18&comma; nude photos and exchanged &&num;8216&semi;numerous&&num;8217&semi; sexually explicit messages&period; They met in person in three different cities for &&num;8216&semi;sexual gratification&&num;8217&semi; beginning in April 2024&period; An relationship with another teen lasted between November 2017 and January 2018<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Rizzitello was accused of sending the student nude photographs and exchanging &&num;8216&semi;numerous&&num;8217&semi; sexually explicit messages&period; According to charging documents&comma; between April and June 2024&comma; the English teacher&nbsp&semi;met up with the 18-year-old in person in&nbsp&semi;Brick&comma; Belmar and Wall townships for trysts&period;<br>They pair reportedly had &&num;8216&semi;oral and vaginal intercourse&&num;8217&semi;&period; At least one of these encounters played out inside the victim&&num;8217&semi;s car&period;<br>A second victim claimed that he and Rizzitello were having &&num;8216&semi;vaginal intercourse&&num;8217&semi; at her home in&nbsp&semi;Brick Township between November 2017 and January 2018&period;<br>Detectives also obtained pictures and text messages that&nbsp&semi;corroborated the victim&&num;8217&semi;s accusations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Wall-Township-High-School-Monmouth-County-New-Jersey-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485147" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rizzitello wedded in 2017&period; Her first recorded affair with a student began in 2017&period; The pattern continued until July 2024&comma; when she arrested&period; She then resigned from her role at Wall Township High School<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> For Wall Township Chief of Police Sean O&&num;8217&semi;Halloran&comma; &&num;8216&semi;The actions of this former teacher represent a betrayal of trust&comma; not only to the victims&comma; but to the entire school community&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I commend the courage of those who came forward and the dedication of our officers and partner agencies in bringing this case to justice&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Chief O&&num;8217&semi;Halloran said&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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