Upstate NY teacher charged with raping male student in classroom

Albany, N.Y. — A 30-year-old former teacher at the LaSalle School was charged Monday by a state prosecutor with sexually victimizing a 17-year-old male student in a classroom.

Marina Y. Viviani of Kingston faces a six-count indictment in Albany County Court that includes allegations of third-degree rape and sodomy-related felony sex act charges, each of which carries up to four years in prison. She also faces misdemeanor sex crime charges. The crimes allegedly took place in November and December of 2014 at the school for troubled youth.

Cohoes City School District announced on its website that Viviani has been a high school English teacher and employed by the district for a year. She was placed on administrative leave and will not return to the classroom.

"Our first concern is for our students' safety. There is no indication of any inappropriate conduct involving Cohoes students," the website states.

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