Metea Valley High School teacher lands 9-year prison term for sexually assaulting student multiple times

A former choir teacher at Metea Valley High School has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having inappropriate sexual contact with a student, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Nathan Bramstedt, 43, of Oswego, pleaded guilty to one count of felony criminal sexual assault - position of trust/authority, and was then sentenced by Judge Daniel Guerin, a news release said.

Bramstedt was arrested in April 2022 on charges he sexually assaulted the victim, who was 17 years old at the time, on multiple occasions at multiple locations in the school between February 2019 and June 2019, the report said. The victim later notified authorities, and a DuPage County Children’s Center investigation was launched.

“Teachers are role models who students look up to and in whom parents place a great amount of trust,” State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “Mr. Bramstedt abused this position of trust and authority in the worst possible way.”

Bramstedt has free on $50,000 bond since April 2022. He will be required to serve 85% of his prison term before being eligible for parole, the release said.