Christopher Crisona, a former contestant on Family Feud during Steve Harvey’s first season as host, has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse.
Crisona, 57, and Father John Taggart, 80, were both taken into custody in connection to allegations of abuse at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Delaware Attorney General’s Office reported that Crisona was a teacher at the school in the mid-1990s for a year and a half before being removed following a student complaint.
The victim, a student in seventh and eighth grade at the time, was allegedly abused by both Crisona and Taggart.
Crisona, who is currently employed as an elementary school teacher in Florida, faces serious charges, including unlawful sexual contact, unlawful sexual intercourse, unlawful sexual penetration, and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
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Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings expressed her concerns about the case, saying it was the kind of situation “that keeps us up at night,” but also highlighted the state’s commitment to seeking justice.
She called the indictment a “pattern of gravely serious abuse against a juvenile by two adults in a position of trust” and praised the law enforcement officials who investigated the case.
Crisona’s appearance on Family Feud in 2010, where he made it to the “Fast Money” round but did not win the $20,000 prize, brought him brief national attention.
Since then, his involvement in the criminal case has shocked those who remember his time on the game show.
Efforts to reach Crisona or his family for comment have so far been unsuccessful, and the investigation is ongoing.
