A former 5th grade teacher is facing 19 separate criminal counts in Tennessee where she’s accused of posting inappropriate videos of students to TikTok.
Taylor Cruze, whose age was not available, was first arrested in August.
However, it wasn’t till last week that a grand jury in Smyrna decided to return an indictment against Cruze.
A court official confirmed, Cruze faces five counts of exploitation of a minor under 13 by electronic means, five counts of exploitation of a minor by electronic means, and five counts of especially aggravated sex exploitation of a minor.
She was also charged with three counts of solicitation of a minor, rape of a child, and one count of sexual battery by an authority figure.
Cruze is scheduled for a plea hearing on September 28 and Cruze was released on $100,000 bail.
Cruze allegedly engaged in inappropriate explicit communications and sexual contact with the students. However, police have not identified the victim’s ages.
Sources claim Cruze posted videos to TikTok of the students. They didn’t elaborate on the content in the videos.
Cruze resigned in May from her position as a first-year fifth-grade teacher at John Coleman Elementary School in Smyrna, soon after learning she was the subject of a criminal investigation.
