Overview
- Elias Gordon Farley, 26, is charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor and offense against a student by an authority figure.
- He was booked on December 4 into the Palm Beach County Main Detention Center and remains held on $500,000 bond.
- The arrest affidavit says he used a shared Google Doc to exchange private messages that progressed to explicit plans for meetings.
- Deputies say school surveillance showed him and the student together on November 7, and a search of his residence recovered bedding, condom wrappers and furniture matching her account, with his roommate confirming he was away on the dates she described.
- The student reported bruises and bite marks to an art teacher on November 14, the school suspended Farley and notified child welfare the next day, he later declined to speak with detectives, and the academy says he is no longer employed as the investigation continues.