ST. LOUIS • A teenager who accused a St. Louis high school physical education teacher of raping her during the Soldan High School homecoming prom last year has filed suit alleging negligence by St. Louis Public Schools and the Gateway Region YMCA, which employed the teacher.

The girl, 16, accused Michael Holloman, 34, of raping her last October at the downtown Hyatt Regency, 315 Chestnut Street, after attending Soldan’s dance at a different downtown hotel. The teen’s accusation led prosecutors in April to charge Holloman, of the 1000 block of Spruce Street, with statutory rape, statutory sodomy and sexual contact with a student.

Court records say that the teen was a student at the Innovative Concept Academy at Blewett, 1927 Cass Avenue, and that Holloman at the time was employed by the YMCA to work as a weight room instructor at the school.

Holloman’s attorney, Mark Hammer, declined to comment.