Crime & Safety

Queens Asst. Principal Shows Porn To 15-Year-Old Girl In Office: NYPD

"If you want to pass my class, this will have to happen," Michael Budhu told a student as he showed her porn, police said.

QUEENS, NY — A Queens assistant principal showed a 15-year-old girl pornography and groped her in his school office, police said.

Michael Budhu, 52, faces a sexual abuse charge after his arrest Wednesday, records show.

Cops cuffed him after a student — a girl, 15 — told authorities that he grabbed and rubbed her leg while they sat in his John Adams High School office, police said.

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He also showed her a pornographic video in his office, an NYPD spokesperson said.

"If you want to pass my class, this will have to happen," Budhu said, according to her account to police.

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Budhu is no longer listed as a staff member on Rockaway Boulevard's site.

He pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Thursday morning in a Queens courtroom on charges of sexual abuse and acting in a manner injurious to a child, records show.

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