Former St. John's high school student says sex with teacher Krysta Grimes was planned on Snapchat

A student who says he had sexual contact with his high school teacher took the stand Friday, telling a St. John’s courtroom that he and Krysta Grimes planned a meeting for sex over a popular messaging app.The student was under 18 at the time and can’t be identified due to a publication ban. Despite having his application to testify by video denied, he remained calm and spoke evenly as he told Justice Vikas Khaladkar his account Friday morning.He testified that in March 2018 he was sometimes given access to Grimes’ cell phone while in class so he could play music through a speaker or take photos for school purposes.As a joke one day, he testified that he added the substitute teacher on Snapchat — an app popular among teenagers that automatically deletes photos and texts.He expected to get into trouble or have his Snapchat request deleted, he said. Instead, the two began texting back and forth — what he called “innocent” chat, at first.That communication later led to Grimes sending him explicit photos through the app, he alleges.The complainant said he chatted with Grimes over Snapchat. (Malone Mullin/CBC)The two also discussed meeting up privately outside of school. Between April and June 2018, he testified he
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