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Sherman A1

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Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:37 PM Aug 2020

Opera Theatre Staffer Quits After Child Sexual Trafficking Arrest

Damon Bristo, Opera Theatre of St. Louis director of arts administration, resigned from the position after police arrested him last month on sex charges.

St. Louis County Police arrested Bristo on July 22 in Brentwood on suspicion of child sexual trafficking in the second degree, according to a police spokesperson.

Opera Theatre put Bristo on unpaid leave after learning of the arrest, and he later resigned, the organization said Tuesday in a statement. The disclosure came after opera singer and journalist Zach Finkelstein posted Bristo’s mugshot on Twitter and Facebook earlier in the day.

“We were shocked by the allegations of criminal activity, which have no link to his employment or role with us,” the organization’s statement reads.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/arts/2020-08-12/opera-theatre-staffer-quits-after-child-sexual-trafficking-arrest

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Opera Theatre Staffer Quits After Child Sexual Trafficking Arrest (Original Post) Sherman A1 Aug 2020 OP
I love their opera performances. Jeebo Aug 2020 #1

Jeebo

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1. I love their opera performances.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 01:12 PM
Aug 2020

I drive over to St. Louis to attend their operas several times every year in May and June. That's one of the things I REALLY look forward to at that time every year.

Not this year, of course. This damn plague is ruining everything ...

-- Ron

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