The criminal trial of Paul Geer, a former music teacher, recently unfolded in federal court in Albany, NY, dragging the Family Foundation School back into the limelight. This long-closed reform school has faced multiple lawsuits from former students accusing Geer of sexual abuse. During the trial, witnesses revisited their traumatic past, recalling disturbing memories from the 1990s and early 2000s at the secluded campus. Many of the middle-aged witnesses pointed directly at Geer, memories of fear and terror surfacing as they testified against him.
Testimony and photographic evidence transported everyone back to the 1990s and early 2000s, depicting the harrowing experiences of former students at the Family Foundation School.
The trial brought the Family Foundation School back into the public spotlight, revealing the alleged abuse by Paul Geer, a former music teacher, over several decades.
Witnesses remembered Paul Geer, who now sits in the defense table as a 57-year-old man, as the person who terrorized them during their teenage years.
As former students took the stand, they recounted the traumatic experiences they faced in the basement dormitories and barn of the school's secluded campus.
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