Ex-Buford High coach and teacher charged with sex crime

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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County Police Department detectives have charged former teacher Brad Elliot, 37, of Waleska with one count of sexual battery and one count of sexual assault.

Elliott was a teacher and football coach at Buford High School. There were two female victims, both students in Elliott’s classes. Both incidents occurred on Buford High School property during the current school year.

He is charged with sexual battery for touching one victim on the buttocks.  He is charged with sexual assault for consensual sexual contact between Elliott and a second victim. Under the law it is illegal for a teacher to have sexual contact with a student at their own school, even if both parties are over the age of consent.

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