Pretrial continued for former CF teacher accused of sex crime

A former Chagrin Falls theater instructor, accused of sexual battery against a former student more than a decade ago, bonded out of Cuyahoga County Jail last week, another pretrial set for next month. Cody Swanson, 33 and a resident of Cleveland Heights, posted the required 10 percent of his $10,000 bond last week, following his arrest Oct. 31 by a Chagrin Falls police detective. The detective was serving a warrant on the indictment issued Oct. 28 through the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Criminal Division. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Sign Up Log In Purchase a Subscription Mr. Swanson is being being charged with two counts of sexual battery, felonies of the third degree, arising out of a complaint received by the Chagrin Falls Police Department that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor student while acting as an instructor at the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center during the 2015-2016 school year. The victim, a former female student who is now 28 years old, contacted Chagrin Falls police Oct. 12 to report the crimes, which date back to the 2015-2016 school year. A pretrial was held Tuesday and standard, with the next one set for Dec. 2, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. He is to have no contact with the victim(s), according to the court. Mr. Swanson, a professional actor, singer and teaching artist, taught at the Academy for the Performing Arts, a program under EXCEL TECC, from 2015-2020, according to his online LinkedIN profile. He pleaded not guilty in an arraignment hearing earlier this month. Judge Kira Krivosh has been assigned to the case. Requests for discovery have been filed with the courts for both the prosecution and defense. This is a developing story