New Jersey teacher abused student in car and sent nude photos of herself, authorities say

A former high school teacher sexually abused a student multiple times – including in his car – and sent him nude photos of herself, a court document says.

Wall High School teacher Julie A. Rizzitello, 36, of Brick, had sexual contact with the student on multiple occasions between April and June 14, according to a probable cause affidavit detailing the allegations against her.

Rizzitello and the student, who had since turned 18, had sexual contact in his car in Brick on May 14, authorities allege. She later sent him nude photos, officials said. They also met in Belmar, Brick and Wall, prosecutors allege.

There were also “numerous conversations” between the two that were of a sexual nature, the court document states.

Rizzitello is charged with two counts of sexual abuse, three counts of sexual abuse and one count of witness tampering. According to a now-deleted profile of hers on the school district’s website, she was an English teacher.

Her attorney, Francis Hodgson, was unavailable for comment, said a person who answered the phone at his office in Toms River Friday afternoon.

Rizzitello was hired in 2013 and was earning an annual salary of $62,156 before she quit her job.

Rizzitello was booked into the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township earlier this week. She was still being held there Friday, according to a prosecutor’s office spokesman.

Her detention hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.