MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) The principal at Milwaukee’s Washington High School is out of her school while prosecutors move forward with felony charges against her. Prosecutors yesterday said 42-year-old Principal Valencia Carthen is being charged with trying to intimidate the woman her boyfriend allegedly raped.
Investigators say Carthen told the woman to leave town and even tried to pass-off a letter she wrote using the victim’s name to recanting the story. Carthen’s boyfriend, 39-year-old Jason Cunningham, has a sexual assault charge pending against him from an incident last year.
Milwaukee Public School leaders say they’re aware of the case. The case did not involve any students.
The MetroSource news wire contributed to this report.