Overview

• Brandyn Martin Hargrove, 43, admitted guilt to 12 counts: six sexual assault of a child, four indecency with a child by contact, and two indecency with a child by exposure.
• The sentence includes 10 years of probation plus a 10-year probated term, resulting in no prison time, and it triggers lifetime registration and a state bar on future school employment.
• Investigators say the sexual relationship began in 2007 when the student was 15 and continued for about two years while Hargrove taught at Brazoswood High School in Clute, Texas.
• The victim reported the abuse to Clute police in September 2023, and detectives corroborated her account by locating former classmates and people who heard her initial outcries.
• Clute’s police chief said the district attorney consulted the victim before accepting the plea, and the victim addressed the court during last week’s hearing.