Newark, NEW JERSEY – Essex County Prosecutor Charged Maplewood school teacher Nicole DuFault, 35, of Caldwell on 40 counts of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child for engaging in sex acts with six male victims.
On Sept. 17, 2014, DuFault, a Columbia High School teacher, was arrested and charged with engaging in sex acts with five male students. By the time the case was presented to the grand jury, a sixth victim was identified. All of the boys were between 14 and 15 years old at the time of the incidents. She has been indicted.
The indictment accuses DuFault of engaging in sexual activity with all six boys on multiple occasions between 2013 and 2014, according to Assistant Prosecutor Gina Iosim, who is handling the case.
The Columbia High School teacher allegedly performed oral sex and had intercourse with the teens in her classroom and in her car. One incident was filmed by a student, who was watching another teen receive oral sex from the teacher, according to the indictment.
Her attorney, Tim Smith, claims the 36-year-old “suffers from frontal lobe syndrome which has rendered her defenseless to over-aggressive behavior, and that is exactly what she was exposed to.”
According to NJ.com, Dufault, a single mother of two, was diagnosed with the syndrome after she underwent brain surgery following pregnancy complications.
DuFault has been a language arts teacher at Columbia High School for nine years. The divorced mother of two young sons is originally from Bloomfield. Prior to coming to Columbia High School she taught at several other public schools in Passaic and Bergen counties.
DuFault was reportedly a language arts teacher at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey for several years prior to her arrest.
