was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison
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Facts
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2010s,
in
California,
- Convicted:
2010s, 2019,
- Victims:
Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1982
- AKA Mr. Neipp, Sam Neipp
- Mission:
unknown
- Places:
California,
- Places when accused:
California,
Sources
- CBS News, School District To Pay $102M To 2 Women Sexually Assaulted By Music Teacher While Students At San Jose Middle School, March 30, 2022.
- $102.5M judgment upheld for 2 sexually abused by San Jose music teacher, FOx KTVU, June 28, 2022.
- Former San Jose music teacher agrees to 56-year prison sentence in student sex assaults , The Mercury News, September 17, 2019.
- Joseph H. Neipp, Floodlit, April 3, 2024.
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1. CBS News
- 30 Mar 2022
- News article
- School District To Pay $102M To 2 Women Sexually Assaulted By Music Teacher While Students At San Jose Middle School
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2. $102.5M judgment upheld for 2 sexually abused by San Jose music teacher
- 28 Jun 2022
- News article
- FOx KTVU
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3. Former San Jose music teacher agrees to 56-year prison sentence in student sex assaults
- 17 Sep 2019
- News article
- The Mercury News
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4. Joseph H. Neipp
- 3 Apr 2024
- Website
- Floodlit