A Marion County grand jury has indicted former Indianapolis special education teacher Hunter Sesemann on nine battery charges tied to allegations involving two students with disabilities, both younger than 14.
The indictment, returned Oct. 19, includes six felony counts. Court documents say the alleged incidents happened in September and October 2025 at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14, a pre-K through fifth-grade school on the city's near eastside, and allege Sesemann touched the students in a rude, insolent or angry manner. The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
Tammy Meyer, an attorney for the children's families, said the allegations are especially troubling because the students depended on adults at school for their safety and may have had difficulty communicating what happened. The attorneys also represent a third family that has raised allegations of abuse and neglect, and all three families intend to file civil lawsuits against Sesemann and school officials.
School 14 is run by the Near Eastside Innovation School Corporation, a nonprofit that operates schools within the Indianapolis Public Schools network independently of the district. It remains unclear whether the allegations were reported to administrators, what steps officials took, or when and how Sesemann left his job.
