A Wisconsin special education teacher has been accused of abusing two 16-year-old boys, with one student telling authorities she did ‘everything sexual you can do with a person’.
Nadia Horn, 22, a teacher at Eau Claire North High School, confessed to having sex with two minor students earlier this year, including occasions when both boys were in the same room, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WEAU News.
During her police interview, she allegedly told authorities she didn’t see herself as taking advantage of her victims, claiming ‘it just felt mutual’ while admitting she ‘made a mistake.’
Because the state’s age of consent is 18, Horn, who also co-teaches World Studies, was charged with multiple child sex crimes last week.
Her charges include second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16, two counts of child enticement and two counts of sexual assault by someone who works or volunteers with children.
The disgraced teacher quickly posted a $15,000 cash bond and was released within hours.
Court documents exposed disturbing details about Horn’s arrest and alleged conduct, indicating that she was being investigated in connection with ‘several victims,’ according to WEAU.
On March 20, Detective Craig Richter was notified by school administration that Horn had reportedly engaged in inappropriate contact with students, including buying one a phone and allegedly giving rides outside school hours.
Nadia Horn (pictured), 22, is facing several charges after police said she admitted to having sex with two minor students earlier this year inside her apartment bedroom
Horn, a special education teacher at North High School in Wisconsin (pictured), allegedly told investigators the relationship with both victims ‘just felt mutual’ but was ‘a mistake’
Horn (pictured) allegedly admitted that she had intercourse with one of her victims while another one was in the same room
Five days later, he was assigned to North High School as a School Resource Officer, after the first victim – referred to as Victim 1 in court documents – officially reported sexual misconduct.
The abuse began in January, when a boy who had been skipping school was given rides by Horn to get to class on time, which eventually resulted in him being transferred into her class, according to the documents.
That same month, Horn allegedly bought her student an iPhone 14 after he told her he couldn’t use Snapchat due to having no service, sparking inappropriate back-and-forth messages through the app.
Police reported that the victim, describing the conversations as ‘odd and weird,’ was asked by Horn to hang out and get food outside school. The interactions escalated to him receiving ‘really revealing’ photos, though he denied they were nudes.
Meanwhile, Horn later admitted during her police interview that the Snapchats ‘potentially’ included nudes exposing her breasts or vagina.
The boy said that Horn consistently messaged him during school, expressing that she couldn’t wait to see him and that his presence made her body feel a ‘certain way,’ according to the complaint.
On January 14, the teacher allegedly took her first victim to her apartment, where she moved closer while they watched TV and eventually laid on him, leaving him feeling ‘trapped,’ he reported.
He explained that they ultimately did ‘everything sexual you can do with a person,’ which he said occurred nearly every time he went to her apartment, authorities wrote.
Horn (pictured) allegedly bought her student an iPhone 14 after he told her he couldn’t use Snapchat, which led to her reportedly sending him ‘really revealing’ photos
Horn is charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16, two counts of child enticement and two counts of sexual assault by someone who works with children
Horn (pictured) posted a $15,000 cash bond and was released within hours, but faces up to 40 years if convicted
Two videos recorded inside Horn’s apartment provided additional evidence, police said, including one allegedly showing the victim lying under the covers in her bed.
In March, Horn sent a late-night Snapchat to the boy, asking him to come over and urging him to skip school to return to her apartment the next morning, according to the court records.
Her victim recalled the message reading something like, ‘I shouldn’t be asking you this, but will you come over.’
On March 25, Horn allegedly admitted to officers visiting her apartment that she had picked up a group of kids from a party and taken them home, stressing it was a ‘mistake,’ police wrote.
When questioned about buying the boy a phone, Horn claimed it was to help and support him, adding that they had talked about ‘food and stuff’ over winter break after she gave him her number.
Horn was read her Miranda rights and arrested, and during her interview at the station, additional harrowing details about both Victim 1 and Victim 2 came to light.
She allegedly confessed to having sex with the first victim ‘three times,’ each encounter in her personal bedroom, while again reiterating she had ‘made a mistake.’
Horn told authorities that her last contact with Victim 1 was earlier that morning, when she sent him a selfie in her bed, according to court documents.
One of the victims told investigators that he and Horn (pictured) engaged in ‘everything sexual you can do with a person’
Horn is accused of urging her victims to skip school (pictured) and instead hang out and her apartment the following morning
Horn (pictured) allegedly confessed to having sex with the first victim ‘three times’ on three separate occasions
Investigators, seemingly aware of the image, asked the teacher if she recalled the photo involving a pillow with a caption that read, ‘there’s room for you here.’
‘She stated, “oh yeah, shouldn’t have said, yeah,”‘ police wrote in the complaint.
During the interview, Horn allegedly admitted that Victim 2 had also been to her apartment and that she brought both boys to her home to ‘hang out,’ with a third student present.
She told investigators that she had sex with Victim 2 at her apartment twice on separate dates, boldly claiming that he ‘really wanted it’ after she began touching him.
The first time Horn had sex with the second boy, the first boy was reportedly present in the home, according to the complaint.
She said that Victim 1 left the room after she touched his genitals, at which point she began having intercourse with Victim 2.
Investigators said that Horn, after asking if she was allowed to say something, insisted that her entire relationship with both victims ‘felt mutual’ and that she didn’t feel she was exploiting either of them.
While denying ever selling drugs to the students, Horn admitted to providing wine at her apartment, saying she only did so because they asked for it.
Horn (pictured) allegedly admitted to providing the boys with wine at her apartment, but said she only did so because they asked for it
Eau Claire Area School District sent a letter to families stating that Horn (pictured) was suspended without pay pending the outcome of her legal case
Surveillance footage reviewed by authorities allegedly showed that just before midnight earlier this month, a woman entered her apartment, followed closely by three teenage boys.
Detectives wrote that the next morning, she and all three boys were seen leaving the apartment together.
Horn was booked into Eau Claire County Jail on several sex crime charges and released, but if convicted, she faces up to 40 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine.
Following her arrest, the Eau Claire Area School District sent a letter to families stating that Horn had been suspended without pay pending the outcome of her legal case, according to WEAU.
She is expected back in court on May 20 for a hearing.
