A math teacher at an elite Brooklyn private school has been arrested during an investigation into sexualized images shared through social media—leaving high-powered parents scrambling for answers on what happened just days before graduation.
Cops busted Winston Nguyen—a onetime in 2017. “They trusted him so much. He betrayed them. He was posing as a big shot, as a millionaire.”
While awaiting trial at Rikers, Nguyen frequently complained about the notorious jail’s conditions—twice calling into a radio show to relay his gripes to then-Mayor De Blasio.
According to a letter Nguyen wrote to the city in June 2019, he was incarcerated at Rikers from January through May of that year. In his missive, he proposed changes to the inmate rulebook related to “sexually explicit material” and contact between inmates. “Not all physical contact is rape,” he wrote. “Not all physical contact leads to rape.”
In November 2019, a judge ultimately tossed Nguyen’s lawsuit over Rikers failing to provide basic necessities because he was no longer an inmate. (That same month, the scammer took a plea deal and was sentenced to time served, the New York Post reported)
Nguyen fumed to the Post that he’d appeal the judge’s ruling and perhaps pursue a class-action suit against the city.
He complained that while incarcerated, he didn’t have the resources to file a petition that wouldn’t be dismissed.
“Underwear is not headline news,” Nguyen said. “The more we let them get away with the small things, the easier it is for them to get away with bigger things.”
