. >> reporter:accused of unlawful sexual contact with a minor, this man, 34-year- old joseph reghittoa new plea of no contest after the judge in the case decided to allow potentially damaging testimony from a 2nd former student >> reporter:a former vice principal here at san jose's leland high school, reghitto was arrested in 2012 and charged with one felony count of penetration with a foreign object of a child under 18 and one misdemeanor count of molesting a child. deputy district attorney carolyn powell. >> reporter:more than a thousand text >> was astute and bear when they started to engage and flirtation with text messaging back and forth. >> reporter: messages in three weeks, said the victim's father, eventually leading to a 1 a.m. meeting in a park near school where the molestation occurred, say police. >> reporter:reghitto served as leland's advisor for the sophomore class and oversaw student activities, a position prosecutors say he clearly abused. >> and not take a bandage of them. >> reporter:joseph reghitto must now register as a sex offender and faces a maximum sentence o