An employee at an Orange County middle school has been arrested and accused of conducting illegal sexual communications with minors. Italo Rafael Brett Bonini, a 25-year-old chorus instructor at Hunter's Creek Middle School, is facing a federal charge for allegedly enticing two young boys to commit sex acts over video chat, as detailed in a criminal complaint released by investigators.
Bonini is said to have offered the two 8-year-old boys from Maryland "Robux"—a digital currency used in the popular video game Roblox—to perform these acts. Court documents reveal that Bonini suggested the children move the computer to a more private area away from adults in an attempt to conceal his illicit activities. According to a report by ClickOrlando, the revelation emerged after one of the children's fathers discovered disturbing messages on a Discord account the child had set up.
The principal of Hunter's Creek Middle School, Joumana Moukaddam, emailed student families to inform them of Bonini's arrest and clarify that, amid the ongoing investigation by law enforcement and the Orange County School District's Office of Professional Standards, Bonini would not be returning to school. WESH reported that parents were reassured that the safety of students and staff remains the highest priority and that allegations are taken very seriously.
