{"id":177441,"date":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","slug":"former-dance-company-ceo-faces-new-sexual-battery-charge-following-allegations-of-inappropriate-relationship-with-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177441\/","title":{"rendered":"Former dance company CEO faces new sexual battery charge following allegations of inappropriate relationship with teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Victor Chrispin, a former CEO of a dance company in Jacksonville, is now facing a sexual battery charge related to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a teen, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Chrispin, 31, was first charged on New Year\u2019s Eve with being an authority figure who \u201csolicits or engages in romantic relations with a student,\u201d but court filings show that the charge has now been upgraded to a sexual battery charge, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He previously served as the CEO of the Yohannas Performing Arts Company, an organization with which Kids Hope Alliance has partnered for at least the last three years, but was arrested on New Year\u2019s Eve 2025 following accusations of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student for months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Earlier this year, he was removed from his position as director and CEO of the company, according to a spokesperson for the City of Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Previous coverage can be seen on the video player below<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Duval County Schools also confirmed Chrispin was employed by the school district from 2017 to 2019 at Bridge to Success Academy. He resigned in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Additionally, Chrispin served as a part of the Bethel Church\u2019s worship and arts ministry, the church said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to arrest reports, on Dec. 9, 2025, JSO was dispatched to a teen boy\u2019s home. Police identified that teen as the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Earlier that day, the report states, the teen saw Chrispin walking a dog near the teen\u2019s apartment complex. The two began talking and went into Chrispin\u2019s car \u201cfor privacy,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Someone found the teen in Chrispin\u2019s car and filed a police report, the arrest report says. After an investigation, authorities found probable cause that Chrispin had been having an inappropriate relationship with the teen for months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Chrispin pleaded not guilty during an arraignment on Feb. 24. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The first pretrial hearing in that case is scheduled for March 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Chrispin also faces a separate charge of \u201cauthority figure solicits or engages in lewd conduct with a student.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The arraignment date for that charge is March 10, the court docket shows.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Victor Chrispin, a former CEO of a dance company in Jacksonville, is now facing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,1872,83901],"class_list":["post-177441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso","tag-victor-chrispin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}