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CHICAGO \u2014 The husband of accused perv teacher Christina Formella was spotted without his wedding ring \u2014 after publicly standing by her for months as she faced charges that she sexually assaulted a teenage student nearly 50 times. <\/p>\n

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Michael Formella, scion to a Chicago-area Italian food purveyor, was seen Thursday in the first sign that his and Christina\u2019s marriage could be on the rocks after her arrest over the vile allegations in March 2025.<\/p>\n

Christina, 31, allegedly stepped out on Michael with a 15-year-old student, whom prosecutors said she started grooming when the boy was just 14 and she was his soccer coach and tutor at Downers Grove High School in a western suburb of Chicago.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear if the couple are still together; no divorce filings appear in Illinois civil court records.<\/p>\n

Christina is accused of humiliating Michael, her college sweetheart, in between their engagement, wedding and honeymoon in Italy, according to prosecutors \u2014 with Christina even accused of having sex with the boy in her marital home as well as in her classrooms.<\/p>\n

Michael appeared unfazed by those alarming allegations for over a year, however, with him and Christina seen marching hand-in-hand into nearly every one of her hearings since her arrest.<\/p>\n

His family also appeared to stand by the accused predator, and were seen attending hearings in solidarity with the couple.<\/p>\n

Both Michael and his family were even reportedly seen supporting Christina as recently as last week at her most recent hearing on May 13, local crime TikTokker Abby Blabby, who has closely followed the case, told The Post.<\/p>\n

Christina has been out on monitored release since her 2025 arrest, which came after the mother of her alleged victim stumbled upon a trove of text messages in her son\u2019s phone, according to docs.<\/p>\n

They allegedly painted a picture of a twisted relationship that lasted from December 2023 to September 2024, with Christina discussing having sex with the boy, professing her undying love for him \u2014 and allegedly claiming she was planning to leave her husband so she and the teenage student could run off together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI love having sex with you,\u201d she allegedly said in one message.<\/p>\n

And Christina even allegedly put Michael\u2019s family in the crosshairs of her ambitions with the boy \u2014 telling the teen she was going to leave Michael and would get millions from the Formella fortune in the divorce.<\/p>\n

The allegations are a far cry from the storybook American love tale they seemed to once have. <\/p>\n

Photos from across social media showed the pair smiling together as star athletes at Concordia University Chicago \u2014 Christina a soccer player, Michael an ace baseball pitcher \u2014 embracing in the years after graduation, and ecstatically in love at their Italian coast wedding.<\/p>\n

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But Christina was allegedly abusing the boy both before and after the wedding \u2014 with Michael telling cops he was completely blindsided about the affair allegations after his wife\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

And the allegations rocked the couple\u2019s picture-perfect life \u2014 they were forced to move out of their prim suburban home and in with parents, because the house fell within a court-ordered 5,000-foot buffer zone between Christina and the alleged victim.<\/p>\n

Christina, meanwhile, claimed the allegations were blackmail because she was \u201cgood looking,\u201d with her family doubling down on that stance months after her arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of discussing facts or law, public discourse fixates on Christina\u2019s appearance, her private life, even her lipstick \u2014 as if those details bear on guilt or innocence,\u201d the family said in a July statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristina has been splintered into internet caricatures \u2014 \u2018predator,\u2019 \u2018unfaithful wife,\u2019 \u2018hypocrite,\u2019\u201d the family added.<\/p>\n

She was charged with over 50 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual assault.<\/p>\n

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