A Maryland teacher’s aide was caught masturbating on Zoom during class but says the “inappropriate act” was not “intentional.”
Teachers Aide Marc Schack was recorded masturbating while on a zoom class lesson with 8th-grade students. The 13-second clip of Schack began circulating around social media & the students at Shady Grove Middle School in Maryland were asked to stop posting the video. Schack says that he believed that he was logged off from the class and was in the privacy and comfort of his own home.
“I thought I was logged out when class was over,” he told the Bethesda Magazine. “I had no clue that Zoom was still on. Why would I do that? That’s my job. My career. I had no clue that Zoom was on. I mean, that’s just crazy behavior.”
In addition to being a TA Schack also performs at private parties for kids, his character name “Captain Silly Bones”, is certainly a weird nuance.
The school’s principal, Alana Murray, told parents and staff in a memo that Schack was on camera in a breakout room “engaged in inappropriate behavior.”
The act was recorded and subsequently shared on social media.“We ask that any student who may have this video posted on social media platforms take down the content and refrain from sharing with other students,” said Murray.
“I didn’t do anything intentional. It was a horrible mistake. I didn’t know the camera was on. I thought I logged off of the Zoom classroom,” Schack told reporters.
However, Schack did not learn that he had masturbated in front of the class until the school told him about the video two days later on Wednesday. The news probably broke his heart because, if he is telling the truth, it was all a big mistake.
“It was not done intentionally. I had no clue that I was on video. I don’t know what else to say. I just found out today. I’m pretty disturbed about the whole situation. I didn’t do anything intentionally, not malicious. I meant no harm because I didn’t even know I was on the recording. I’m a good guy, you know. I was just in privacy of my own home and I didn’t mean any ill will. I didn’t do anything on purpose,” he added.
Schack said that the school system called him on Monday after he had been placed on administrative leave. They told him that they had “misplaced his background check file.” This struck fear in his heart.
“Maybe they were looking to see if I had any criminal misbehavior or anything like that,” he said.
Authorities say they aren’t planning to bring charges against Schack. In a statement shared Thursday, Montgomery County Police told local news outlets, “investigators conferred with the State’s Attorney’s Office and it was determined that the incident did not rise to the level of a criminal offense under Maryland law.”
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