Former Teacher Andrea Michelle Cardosa Arrested: Faces Sex Crimes Charges After YouTube Video Allegations

Well, we're seeing an increasing number of stories like this, as reported numerous times of late at the Other McCain.

Now, from the Los Angeles Times, "Former teacher charged with 16 felonies in YouTube sex abuse case":

Riverside County prosecutors filed felony charges Monday against a former teacher accused of sexually assaulting two students, one of whom made her accusations public in a video posted on YouTube.

A $5-million warrant has been issued for the arrest of 40-year-old Andrea Michelle Cardosa, the Riverside County district attorney's office said. Cardosa has been charged with 16 counts related to aggravated sexual assault and lewd acts on a child under the age of 14, officials said.

Prosecutors said the charges relate to two female victims: One who was allegedly assaulted between 1997 and 2001 while she attended middle and high school in Riverside, and one who allegedly was abused in 2009 or 2010 as a high school student in Perris.

[Updated, 6:58 p.m. PST, Monday, Feb 3, 2014: Prosecutors said Cardosa was arrested about 5:45 p.m. Monday by Riverside County deputies in Perris. She is expected to be arraigned Thursday.]

The case against Cardosa "came to light" after the first victim learned she was a vice principal at Alhambra High School, prosecutors said. The woman called Cardosa, secretly recorded the conversation, and posted it Jan. 17 on YouTube.

The video was viewed more than 1 million times within a week. It appears to have since been taken down.

The video allegations are here, "A Call to My Childhood Rapist Teacher." (Very intense. Viewer caution advised.)

Also at KTLA, "After YouTube Video Alleges Sex Abuse, Teacher Charged With 16 Felonies."

UPDATE! Robert Stacy McCain was working on a report simultaneously, "Lesbian Teacher Could Face Life Sentence for Molesting Two Girls in California."