A 62-year-old Washington teacher is being held on $750,000 bond after authorities charged him with having an affair with a 14-year-old student.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Daniel Bubar Wednesday with second- and third-degree rape and communication with a minor for immoral purposes, according to court documents.
The affair is alleged to have taken place between September 2024 and February 2026. Many of the assaults occurred at Skykomish K-12 School, a small town about 70 miles east of Seattle, where Bubar was the PE teacher and athletic director, according to media reports.
The school, which has about 50 students, will be closed until Monday, the same day Bubar is set to enter an initial plea to the charges.
The girl’s mother reportedly discovered the affair and withdrew the student from the school in February. Her family submitted evidence including screenshots of emails and surveillance video showing the pair having contact outside a church.
Bubar initially bonded with the student when she entered the school in seventh grade over her love for soccer and because she had experienced the loss of a friend at her previous school, Fox News reported.
The relationship reportedly turned sexual, and Bubar bought the girl alcohol and gifts, including lingerie.
