Second victim alleges sexual assault by teacher

A second person has come forward alleging she had a sexual relationship with a Cherokee High School teacher while she was a student at the Canton school.

Matthew Gantz, a 41-year-old drama teacher at the school, was arrested last week following allegations from a former student that he sexually assaulted her, Cherokee sheriff’s Sgt. Jay Baker said. That victim reported that the assaults began in 2007 when she was 17.

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Matthew Gantz

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Gantz was charged with two counts of sexual assault of a person in custody and one count of tampering with evidence.

On Tuesday, detectives filed three additional counts of sexual assault of a person in custody, Baker said.

Baker said the new victim reported to investigators that she had a sexual relationship with Gantz in 2005.

Gantz is being held in the county’s Adult Detention Center on $60,000 bond.

He resigned his teaching job on Monday, said Mike McGowan, director of public information for the Cherokee County school system. He had worked for the school system since 1998 McGowan said.