Posh Deerfield Academy sex claim

Deerfield Academy, the prestigious New England boarding school that counts Taylor Swift’s former flame Conor Kennedy as a student and boasts illustrious alumni including David H. Koch and Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, is embroiled in a teacher-sex scandal. School officials said on their Web site Monday that retired teacher Peter Hindle, now 72, was allegedly involved in an incident in the 1980s. The statement reads, “A former student has confided in us that he was subjected to sexual contact, in the 1980s by Peter Hindle, who was a Deerfield faculty member between 1956 and 2000. Mr. Hindle has admitted sexual contact with a student, and we are now conducting a detailed investigation . . . We have retained an independent law firm to assist, and we have informed law enforcement authorities.” The letter asks for any who were affected to come forward with a promise of confidentiality and counseling. The school could give no further updates. Hindle has denied the claims and told the Boston Herald: “I think it’s all in interpretation. It depends on what you mean by sexual contact. I gave someone a back rub. I don’t even know who it is.”