A student said a longtime teacher and coach at Bloom Trail High School groomed and sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s.

STEGER, Ill. (WLS) – A longtime teacher and coach at Bloom Trail High School in Steger is being accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a student in the early 2000s.

“It really started my sophomore year,” the student said.

She has chosen to remain a “Jane Doe” as she filed a civil lawsuit against the teacher, the school and District 206.

We’re not naming the teacher because they have not been charged.