Exclusive | NYC teacher accused of grooming, sexually assaulting student for years then sued DOE for not funding his defense
A Queens woman is accusing a former music teacher of sexually harassing and assaulting her for years — while the brazen instructor is suing the city for “denying him legal representation,” The Post has learned.Scott Biski, 50, was removed from Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences High School in 2022, but remained on the city payroll — collecting $93,200 last fiscal year — following accusations that he had a sexual relationship with a former student.The city Department of Education never released details, and the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools has withheld its report.But in a shocking lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last year, the now 24-year-old “Jane Doe” claims years of grooming, harassment and sexual assault by Biski, starting when she was 14.“Biski used force, fear, fraud, intimidation, threats, and undue influence to forcibly sexually assault and sexually abuse” the young woman, the suit contends.Biski, a father of two from Queens who started at Gateway in 2012, had a “reputation” for inappropriate behavior with female students, the suit charges.
He allegedly invited girls to his secluded, fourth-floor office and started a board game club, which sometimes met at his home.During these game sessions, Biski learned his alleged victim “had a strained relationship with her parents,” the suit says.Biski’s grooming and manipulation of the girl turned physical during her senior year, according to the filing.In one instance, she was in Biski’s office printing material for a science project when he allegedly locked the door, took the girl’s face in his hands and kissed her on the lips.
On multiple occasions, he “forcefully” placed her hand on his crotch, making her feel his erection through his pants, the lawsuit alleges.Biski told the girl to save his phone number under a different name “so as to not arouse suspicion” and emailed her from his private account, the suit says.He allegedly told her not t...