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A former New Jersey middle school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student was indicted Wednesday on new charges, including producing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors said.
Ashley Fisler, 36, of Washington Township, now faces 12 counts including sexual abuse of a minor and a pattern of official misconduct, according to the Gloucester County District Attorney’s Office.
According to prosecutors, the suspect, who is elderly, told police that he had an illicit sexual relationship with Fisler when he was young and was her teacher at Orchard Valley Middle School.
Prosecutors said the victim described multiple sexual incidents that allegedly took place in Fisler’s car and in a classroom in 2021.
NEW JERSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD AFTER ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT.
Ashley Fisler, a former middle school teacher in New Jersey, has been charged with new charges stemming from allegations that she had a sexual relationship with a student. (Washington Township School District; LinkedIn)
Investigators say they have received text messages that allegedly show an illegal rivalry.
According to NJ Advance Media, prosecutors allege that Fisler continued to send thousands of graphic text messages to the victim after entering high school.
In one of the conversations included in approximately 7,500 pages of text messages collected by investigators, the former student wrote that the teacher left him mentally broken, the newspaper reported.
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Former teacher Ashley Fisler is now facing 12 felony counts including child sexual abuse and manufacturing child sexual abuse, prosecutors said. (LinkedIn)
The defendant’s lawyer, Rocco Cipparone, said that the prosecutors have no evidence to support these allegations, and said that the messages quoted by the investigators had been released.
“The selective, kind statements made by the prosecutors are without context,” Cipparone said earlier in court.
Fisler was arrested in March and initially charged with six counts of sexual abuse of a minor, one count of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of second-degree disorderly conduct.
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Prosecutors say the illicit relationship began when Ashley Fisler was teaching at Orchard Valley Middle School in Gloucester County, New Jersey. (Washington Township School District)
The previous indictment added charges of second-degree criminal mischief, possession of child pornography, third-degree possession of child pornography, and distribution of obscenity to a minor.
If convicted, each first-degree felony carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Second degree felonies carry a maximum sentence of 10 years, while each third degree charge carries a maximum sentence of five years.
Fisler taught social studies in the Washington Township school district from 2014 until June 2023, according to an online resume.
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He is no longer employed by the Washington Township School District or any other school district, according to officials.
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
