A Wisconsin teacher has been arrested for allegedly trying to groom a 13-year-old girl for sex by bombarding her with hundreds of Snapchat messages — including one where he said he was “trying so hard to be appropriate.”
Christian Enwright, 29, pleaded not guilty to a slew of disorderly conduct charges Wednesday after he was accused of sending the inappropriate messages — including 600 in just one week — to the seventh-grade student, WISN reported.
Enwright, a science teacher at KTEC Middle School in Kenosha, allegedly started inundating the girl with messages and shirtless photos of himself in June last year, according to a criminal complaint.
He would offer up suggestive compliments on the girl’s appearance, specifically her legs, and regularly send kiss and fire emojis, the complaint alleges.
“I like seeing all that leg, lol,” he allegedly wrote in one message, while another said, “Your dimples cute ASF.”
“I’m trying so hard to be appropriate LOL,” Enwright allegedly said in a message followed by 15 red emergency light emojis.
Authorities were tipped off after the Kenosha County Department of Family Services received an anonymous complaint on Feb. 2 alleging Enwright was having an inappropriate relationship with the student, the complaint says.
When asked about the messages, Enwright allegedly told cops he was only “trying to raise her confidence and make her feel better about herself.”
Enwright was immediately suspended when the claims surfaced and was fired last week, district officials said.
During his initial court appearance, Enwright’s defense attorney tried to argue that the disorderly conduct charges didn’t fit the case. The judge rejected the defense’s calls for the charges to be dropped.
“For something to be disorderly, it has to corrupt the public morals and outrage the sense of public decency. And that’s exactly what we have in this case,” Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Smathers argued.
Enwright later posted his $5,000 bond and was ordered to re-appear in court in July.
Meanwhile, the girl’s parents have said they plan to sue the school district.
“This is catastrophic for the family, it’s catastrophic for their child,” said their attorney, Michael Karp.
“This is not going to go away quickly and it’s something that’s going to sit with her for the rest of her life accountability is very important in a case like this.”
