Three more charges filed against former Gilman School teacher accused of sexual abuse

A former Gilman School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student now faces three more charges.

Christopher Bendann has already been charged with five counts of producing child pornography and one count of possession. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted the former teacher on two additional counts of possession of child pornography and one count of cyberstalking.

Prosecutors allege that Bendann, 39, sent messages to a minor soliciting contact and sending him sexually explicit material, as well as threatening to publish explicit images if he did not comply.

FBI agents arrested the former teacher in August 2023 after discovering sexually explicit videos linked to his personal email account. Bendann, who was fired from the private boys’ school in North Baltimore in January 2023, had previously said he was falsely accused. His attorney, Christopher Nieto, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday evening.

Bendann is being held at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore awaiting trial.