(KRON) -- A new lawsuit accuses a Walnut Creek charter school administrator of begging a student to get an abortion after he allegedly raped her in his office on campus.

The administrator, Gerard Michael Flaherty, worked at Contra Costa School of Performing Arts in early 2025 as a Climate and Culture Supervisor, according to the lawsuit.

"Plaintiff discovered she was pregnant two months later in April. Flaherty was arrested in May of 2025 after he begged (the student) on a wiretapped phone call to have an abortion as she would 'ruin' his and his children’s lives if she kept the baby," the lawsuit writes.

Flaherty, 43, was criminally charged with raping the underage student. He pleaded not guilty.

The free public charter school is located on Mitchell Drive and serves students between 6t

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