TikTok star and teacher Luke Rockwell has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor whom his mother says was infected with STDs while teaching English at private Christian schools in Bangkok.
The 29-year-old from Florida reportedly contacted a 16-year-old schoolgirl on social media before having sex with her “several times” while recording it, telling her to “keep it a secret.”
Last month, the young girl fell ill with a stomach ache brought on by chlamydia and gonorrhea passed on to her by Rockwell, who, according to the girl’s mother, goes by the name Teacher Luke for his TikToks.
Her concerned mother rushed her to the hospital before discovering the alleged sex.
The shocked mother filed a police report on Aug. 29, and Rockwell was arrested yesterday at his luxury apartment for “sex with a minor” and “recording the acts.”
TikTok star and teacher Luke Rockwell, 29, (pictured in Thailand in 2020) has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor he allegedly infected with STDs
The 29-year-old, from Florida, was arrested yesterday morning at his home (pictured)
The shocked mother said today: ‘My daughter has been texting Miss Luke on my phone for months. She deleted the messages after they chatted.
“They met and had sex without me knowing, and then my daughter got gonorrhea and chlamydia from him.
“I knew something was wrong when my daughter looked very sick. She looked pale and held her stomach and complained of the pain in that area. I kept asking her questions until she told me about a man named Miss Luke.
“My daughter said teacher Luke used protection the first time they had sex, but none after that. She trusted him.
“Teacher Luke told her to keep everything a secret until she turned 18. He told my daughter that he loved her and that she would come and live with him when she was no longer a minor.
‘My daughter sent him the results of the STD test in which she tested positive for gonorrhea. He promised that he would take care of the costs.
“I am not complaining to the police because I want money or compensation. It’s not about the money for me.
“I want every woman and child to know how bad teacher Luke is. It’s embarrassing for me to tell people what is happening to my family, but I hope it will stop teacher Luke from ever taking advantage of any girl in the future.’
Rockwell is from Melbourne, Florida. He graduated from the University of Central Florida. He previously worked at the prestigious Wall Street English college in Bangkok, where he taught locals.
Rockwell (pictured last year speaking at a stand-up comedy event) was arrested in his luxury apartment for ‘sex with a minor’ and ‘tapering the acts’
The photo shows Thai police leading Rockwell into custody
He has previously worked at Bangkok Christian College (BCC) and Thai Christian School, where he taught short English classes.
In a few years, his TikTok has gained more than two million followers, many of them young girls.
The alleged victim, who attended a school where Rockwell had previously taught, is said to have exchanged messages with the teacher through one of his social media accounts on Instagram.
Her mother said her daughter was a “fragile and troubled” teen who was adopted at age three and had “hardly any friends.”
She added: ‘My daughter hardly speaks Thai and she has very few local friends. She’s worried and she really believed that Luke loved her. We homeschooled her because of all the difficulties she’s had.”
Khlong Tan District Police Station received the report on Aug. 29. A warrant for Rockwell’s arrest was later approved by the city’s criminal court.
According to the complaint, Rockwell is accused of “robbing a minor of fifteen years of age but not older than eighteen for indecency.” The age of consent in Thailand is 15, but anyone under the age of 18 is still considered a minor.
It continues: ‘The mother of the alleged victim came to the investigator and told him that her daughter had abdominal pain.
When she questioned her daughter, she discovered that she had been in contact with the suspect via Instagram in early February. They often talked before meeting at a mall and then he took her to his apartment where they had sex. The couple had been in constant contact ever since.’
Police at Khlong Tan District Station (pictured) received the report on Aug. 29. A warrant for Rockwell’s arrest was later approved by the city’s criminal court.
Agents from Khlong Tan station were accompanied by a team from the Ministry of Welfare for Children and Women at the police headquarters on Sunday morning as they issued the arrest warrant.
Rockwell was then questioned in custody, where he admitted to being the person named in the warrant.
Lieutenant General Thitsit Sangsawan, Commander of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), ordered the arrest operation led by Deputy Commissioner Lieutenant General Piyarat Wesakanok along with the assistance of the Khlong Tan Police Station Police Investigation Team.
Police Chief Sangsawan said: “The US suspect was arrested for having sex with a minor who is over the age of 15 but not over the age of 18 and filming the sex with a minor.
In addition, he is accused of voluntarily and intentionally taking a minor from his parents, guardian or carer without reasonable cause.
The suspect surrendered voluntarily and cooperated. He has known the relationship with the minor.
“There are now additional details to investigate in order to gather all information in the case against the suspect.”