An update today:
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/sesame-street-composer-in-1237480.html
'Sesame Street' composer in child *advertiser censored* bust
November 22, 2011
"An award-winning composer and former fine arts instructor at a private school in Charleston pleaded not guilty Monday to making child *advertiser censored*...."
and
"...Also Monday, Rivas posted 10 percent of a $300,000 bond and was placed on house arrest except for work or other court-sanctioned outings, records show. He was also ordered not to have contact with the alleged victim, not to access the Internet or be around any children without supervision...."
and
"....Rivas worked as a jazz music instructor at
Charleston private school Porter-Gaud from 2002 until 2009..."
and
"...Porter-Gaud was embroiled in scandal in the 1990s when former students claimed a teacher had sexually abused them. Eddie Fischer, who taught at Porter-Gaud and other area schools, died in 2002 while serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sex abuse charges. Dozens of former students sued Porter-Gaud, alleging administrators did little or nothing to stop Fischer when he worked there in the 1970s and 1980s, and a jury in 2000 awarded $105 million in damages. That case and more than 20 others were later settled out of court for tens of millions of dollars...."
more at link
And the Porter-Gaud website:
http://www.portergaud.edu/
"....Offering coeducational instruction in
grades 1-12, Porter-Gaud is an independent, college-preparatory day school in Charleston, South Carolina...."
More at link
So, Rivas spent seven years teaching at a school filled with children 6-18. And not just any school, but a school which has a track record of not listening to the shameful disclosures of its students.