LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRK)– ABC13 has actually discovered a previous camp therapist was currently encountering sexual assault bills out of Utah when he was apprehended and billed with apparently making hazards versus a preferred summertime camp in Livingston on Sunday.
According to the mother, Natalee, that isn’t sharing her surname to safeguard her camper’s personal privacy, simply hours prior to leaving at Camp Cho-Yeh on Sunday mid-day, she obtained a message from the camp allowing her recognize a just recently discharged camp therapist had actually been apprehended.
” The most significant problem was exactly how we as moms and dads can keep an eye on what his imprisonment standing is due to the fact that my anxiety was he would certainly be launched, and because situation I would certainly need to appear at camp and choose my child up,” Natalee claimed.
According to e-mails sent out to moms and dads and gotten by ABC13, a camp therapist, that we currently recognize is 23-year-old Mario Bernal, was discharged on Friday wherefore the camp claimed was going against corrective procedure. The e-mail takes place to claim Bernal after that made spoken hazards of damage to himself and others, causing his apprehension by the Polk Region Constable’s Workplace. He was scheduled right into prison on a $50,000 bond. A buck quantity Natalee really feels is as well reduced.
” I in fact called beforehand the day Monday the Polk Region area lawyer to see if they had the ability to increase that bond from $50,000 provided the info I located regarding his various other fees,” Natalee claimed.
According to the Polk Region prison site, that fee is required sexual assault out of his home state of Utah. ABC13 had the ability to acquire the billing file which information in March of this year, Bernal was implicated of by force kissing and touching a lady while in the cars and truck with her, although she repetitively asked him to quit. Court files reveal the situation was submitted on Might 8, 2025.
In a declaration from the camp, it claims all workers should experience a meeting, send 2 referrals and a pass an extensive history check. It likewise specifies Bernal’s history search returned tidy on Might second.
Natalee claimed total she mores than happy with exactly how Camp Cho-Yeh has actually dealt with the scenario. She also claimed she prepares to send her youngster in the future, also if she currently needs to have difficult discussions with her youngster.
” When she gets home from camp, I do intend to completely notify her of the development of every little thing that has actually taken place,” Natalee claimed.
ABC13 verified on Wednesday that Bernal was moved from Polk Region to a center in Louisiana where he will certainly be held.
Editor’s note: A previous variation of this tale inaccurately specified that Bernal was butted in March, prior to his history check. Court files reveal he was billed May 8th for a claims made in March. The camp claims his history check was carried out on Might second.
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