‘The Wire’ actor says a Baltimore County educator sexually abused him 29 years ago, and faults the school system’s response to his allegations By TAYLOR DEVILLE

A Baltimore area actor says he was sexually abused 29 years ago by a man now working in a Baltimore County middle school and faults the response by the school system and prosecutors.

James “PJ” Ransone, an actor who had prominent roles in “The Wire” and the movies “It Chapter Two” and “Sinister,” said on Instagram last week that Timothy Rualo, then a math tutor, molested him in Ransone’s Phoenix home over a six-month period around 1992, when Ransone was about 13. Rualo is currently department chair of the social studies program at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School in Pikesville, according to the school’s website...

...Authorities told the school system about the complaint last June when detectives subpoenaed Rualo’s employment records, according to a police department spokeswoman. Ransone said he was contacted by the school system’s human resources office in October.

He said he was asked if he was in a relationship with Rualo and why he didn’t come forward sooner.

“Do you not understand how children compartmentalize?” Ransone said in an interview...

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