California
The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay $3.55 million to two more individuals who allege they were abused as students by former teacher Mark Berndt, attorneys said Monday.
Jan. 23, 2024
Former Miramonte teacher Mark Bendt was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after pleading no contest to 23 counts of lewd conduct with young students at his school.
Nov. 15, 2013
Ex-Miramonte teacher pleads no contest to lewd acts, gets 25 years
Elementary school teacher Mark Berndt, who was accused of acts such as feeding semen to children, pleads no contest to 23 counts.
Mark Berndt, the teacher charged with committing lewd acts against nearly two dozen children at Miramonte Elementary School, including spoon-feeding them semen, has agreed to plead no contest to all charges, sources said Thursday.
Nov. 14, 2013
Mark Berndt, charged with committing lewd acts against children at Miramonte Elementary School, agrees to a 25-year sentence.
Accused teacher Mark Berndt was target of investigation in 1994
Feb. 3, 2012
In 1983, a South Los Angeles elementary school principal received a call about one of his teachers, a 32-year-old just a few years on the job.
Sept. 26, 2014
Mark Berndt, a former teacher, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for committing lewd acts against nearly two dozen Los Angeles children.
Previously undisclosed accusations against former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt reveal a more widespread pattern of alleged abuse, with more than 100 possible victims, including some children who said Berndt molested them, according to court documents.
May 1, 2014