Principal accused of making 700 extremely sexual calls to 17-year-old student
WWL-TV obtained partial transcripts of some of the conversations. Most are too explicit to publish, but can be described as sexually intimate and, at times, romantic Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 10:28 PM CST February 11, 2021 Updated: 7:56 AM CST February 12, 2021
NEW ORLEANS In 2017, Christy Sampson-Kelly was hired as the principal at Travis Hill School, New Orleans’ school for incarcerated youth, based on a sparkling resume that featured a Ph.D. and national acclaim in the field of special education.
Now Sampson-Kelly, 49, is known for her arrest in November following a warrant accusing her engaging in more than 700 “extremely sexual and explicit” phone calls with a 17-year-old inmate, according to report by an investigator with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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A former New Orleans principal has been arrested on accusations of communicating with a teenage student in a series of shockingly inappropriate phone conversations that took place on hundreds of occasions.
WWL-TV reports that the case centers around 49-year-old Christy Sampson-Kelly, who was hired as the principal at Travis Hill School, New Orleans’ school for incarcerated youth, in 2017.
The news outlet highlights a report from an investigator with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, which states that Sampson-Kelly was arrested in November of 2020 on accusations of engaging in more than 700 “extremely sexual and explicit” phone calls with a 17-year-old inmate.