Ohio Assistant Principal Faces New Charges After Shocking Allegations

An Ohio assistant principal now faces nearly a dozen sexual battery charges involving multiple high school students after he was previously charged with alleged sexual misconduct involving one student.

Steve Barton, an assistant principal at Aiken New Tech High School in Cincinnati, was indicted on Thursday, October 8, on six counts of sexual battery and two counts of grooming in connection with an additional four students, the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.

The new charges come after Barton, 43, was initially separately indicted on five sexual battery charges and one grooming charge in relation to a 16-year-old student, according to prosecutors.