Inside the Massachusetts courtroom where former students face a teacher charged with rape

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Former Miss Hall's School student Melissa Fares said that by coming face-to-face with Matthew Rutledge at his arraignment, she was able to "have the power."

Miss Hall's School campus in Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 16, 2025.

The Miss Hall's School campus in Pittsfield, Mass., in 2025.David Degner / The New York Times via Redux

April 22, 2026, 7:10 PM EDT

By Corky Siemaszko

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The women said they were frightened, but they didn’t show it Wednesday in a Massachusetts courtroom as they watched the teacher who allegedly preyed on them when they were students at the posh Miss Hall’s School plead not guilty to rape.

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