Boy, 14, Brags of Sex with Principal's Wife - Updated

(Prosser, Washington) The relative calm of the local community has bend shattered now that Benton County Superior Court Judge Carrie Runge has released more than 200 pages of investigative documents related to child sex allegations leveled against Linda Lusk.

Lusk, 49, is the wife of Prosser High School Principal Kevin Lusk and she is also the former town mayor.

The court documents indicate the allegations were so unbelievable and shocking to Prosser School District officials that initially they didn't know how to react.

"These are really good friends of ours. They're friends of my family. And, and I just feel sick," said the coach quoted in investigative reports. He was the first person to bring the allegations to school officials.

The athletic director equally was distressed.

"I feel sick. I'm gonna have to, I mean I have to, turn this in. ... Umm, I don't know who to talk to. I don't know what to do," the athletic director, who also is vice principal at Prosser, told detectives in an interview June 10. He also was the first person to bring the matter directly to Kevin Lusk.

Police records indicate Kevin Lusk had a vague admission from his wife a week before that interview but he didn't know any details.

"I'm just, I was destroyed. How do you tell your buddy that?" the athletic director told detectives.

The athletic director said he spent all day June 3 pondering what to do.

"Who do I contact? ... I didn't want to call the kid in and do an investigation or anything like that," he told officers.

Later, the athletic director called Ray Tolcacher, district superintendent, to tell him he wanted no part of the process.

"I said I don't want any piece of this. I don't want any information. ... I know these people," he said in recounting the conversation for detectives.

The teen apparently had told as many as a dozen teammates and friends as the relationship allegedly continued through text messages and explicit cell phone photos reportedly provided at the boy's request.

A half-dozen teen boys told detectives the boy shared the photos.

The boy's teammates were impressed, saying, "You gotta tell Coach your story. It's awesome!" The boy's coach told the athletic director who notified the school administration. While administrators pondered how to handle the situation, one teammate's father called the police, leading to a lengthy investigation.

Lusk has pleaded not guilty to third-degree child molestation. A trial is scheduled for September 27.

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Former Mayor Accused of Molesting Boy
[Previous 7/14/10 post]
(Prosser, Washington) Last month, Linda Lusk, 49, former city mayor and wife of the Prosser High School principal, was accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old boy.

Lusk was charged with third-degree child molestation for allegedly sexting and performing a sex act on the boy.

The allegations emerged after the boy's mother sought a protection order to keep Lusk away from her son. Concurrently, Lusk expressed regrets to the boy's mother because the relationship had "gotten out of hand."

The boy told his parents "he had been exchanging texts with the defendant for a period of time," and that she had "sent him one text with a picture of herself partially undressed," the statement said.

The boy said he "went to defendant's house during his lunch hour on an early release day" in April.

"The juvenile, the 14-year-old boy, went to the defendant's house, she brought him into the bedroom and had sexual contact at that time," said Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller.

Lusk's attorney has claimed the whole story hasn't been told, and only "a lot of rumor and innuendo" have been surrounding the former mayor.

On June 17, Lusk was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. An August trial has been tentatively scheduled.

Tip: Rick