A Bronx charter school teacher allegedly threatened to have a student’s mother raped “every day after work” while viciously beating the teen over a botched $4,000 drug deal.

Suspect Kevin Pope was released without bail Saturday after a Bronx hearing where his lawyer bizarrely claimed the student had simply stolen the science teacher’s brief case — which was filled with $5,000 cash.

Police sources indicated the youth made off with the cash in a June drug deal gone bad. And a criminal complaint charged that Pope robbed the 16-year-old student of a gold chain, iPhone and wallet during the Wednesday assault.

“You better get my money,” the teacher reportedly snapped at the battered youth before leaving. “You know where I work.”

Pope repeatedly punched the youth in the face, knocking him backward into the glass window of a local business before the teen collapsed on the sidewalk, a criminal complaint charged.

“Do you want to die?” Pope allegedly shouted at the teen. “You want to steal from me? I should break your arm ... I should get someone to rape your mom every day after work.”

The victim needed three staples to close several deep wounds on the back of his head after the beating about two blocks from the John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy in Hunts Point, according to the complaint.

“You better get my money or I will kill you!” Pope told the battered 16-year-old before leaving.

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The instructor’s attack on the teen was captured on a surveillance video and seen by an eyewitness, said Assistant District Attorney Gerard Donahue.

Pope’s lawyer insisted the teacher crossed paths with the youth by random chance after the money disappeared.

The extracurricular drama began three months ago, when the youth told the teacher he had a drug connection in Manhattan, police sources said.

Pope agreed to pay $4,000 for roughly a pound of weed, possibly in hopes of peddling the pot — and the pair went to meet with the dealer, according to sources.

But the transaction collapsed when the connection demanded $7,000 — and the student walked away with Pope’s cash. The teacher finally approached the teen on Wednesday to settle the debt.

Pope, per his lawyer’s instructions, said nothing as he left the courtroom. The instructor was charged with assault, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and robbery, and Judge Harold Adler issued orders of protection requiring Pope to steer clear of the victim and his mom.

The judge also took a skeptical view of defense attorney Japel Filiaci’s claim that the teen robbed Pope while the teacher was riding a city bus with $5,000 cash in a briefcase.

When Adler asked what Pope was doing with that much money, Filiaci said she never asked.

“He took the money out, maybe to transfer it,” the lawyer replied.

Source: nydailynews

Date Posted: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 , Total Page Views: 1490