Overview
- Nicholas Gilbert, 32, was charged with four counts of sexual battery and is set for arraignment on April 10 in Clermont County Common Pleas Court.
- Deputies say a parent’s report alleging inappropriate and unwanted touching of four students triggered the criminal investigation.
- West Clermont Local Schools placed Gilbert on administrative leave in February after the complaint reached the district.
- Investigators say the alleged conduct occurred inside West Clermont Middle School during school hours over several months.
- A mother told WLWT her sixth-grade daughter felt uncomfortable with the teacher’s hand on her thigh, lower back, and neck, and detectives say Gilbert declined an interview at the start of the probe.