Piano Teacher flees America after guilty verdict - consensual sex w/ 15
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 1:30 am
He maintains his innocence - the accusation was hearsay.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/p ... use-trial/
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/p ... use-trial/
A California piano teacher who claimed to have a star-studded clientele fled the country as jurors were set to deliver a guilty verdict in his child sex abuse case, according to reports.
John Kaleel, 69, slipped out of the country on Oct. 8, the same day jurors found him guilty of five counts of sexual abuse for his relationship with a 15-year-old student, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told the Los Angeles Times.