Shannon Meyyar

Introduction

Shannon Rebekah Meyyar, 47, a former soccer coach at Williamsburg Christian Academy in Williamsburg, Virginia, was charged Thursday, November 6, 2026, with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship, according to the James City County Police Department . Police say the charges stem from allegations that she engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship in 2019 with a 17-year-old male student while he was a member of the school’s co-ed soccer team, which she coached . The case began when an anonymous tip reached police on November 3; detectives charged her a day before the New York Post covered the arrest, and she is being held without bond at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail . She was arraigned Friday morning, per WAVY . The allegations are unadjudicated: no plea appears in the coverage, and no attorney for Meyyar has been quoted .

Background Information

Meyyar, a resident of the 5100 block of Scarborough Mews in James City County, coached soccer at Williamsburg Christian Academy as an independently contracted co-ed coach during the 2019 season — the year of the alleged relationship, when she was 40 — and, per the school’s statement, coached intermittently between 2016 and 2024 . The New York Post reported the school as saying she also coached intermittently during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons . Beyond the coaching role, neither outlet’s account of her employment, family, or professional history goes further; the public record that made her name is the police charge itself .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Arrested and charged — held without bond. Meyyar, 47, stands accused of a months-long sexual relationship in 2019 with a 17-year-old player on the Williamsburg Christian Academy co-ed soccer team she coached — four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship, per James City County police. The case opened on an anonymous tip on November 3, 2026; she was arrested Thursday and arraigned Friday, and is held without bond. The allegations are untested in court, no plea has been entered, and no defense statement appears in the coverage.

Per the police release, detectives with the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit opened the case after being notified of the alleged conduct through an anonymous tip on November 3, 2026, and determined the alleged incidents occurred over several months in 2019, when Meyyar was 40 . The alleged victim was a 17-year-old member of the school’s co-ed soccer team, which Meyyar coached . The New York Post, citing police and court records, reported the alleged relationship lasted two to three months beginning in February 2019; that Meyyar contacted the victim through social media, per court papers; and that some alleged encounters took place inside her home while others occurred in her car at the end of a dead-end road in James City County, citing WAVE.com . “The tip came in on Tuesday, and immediately afterwards, our detectives launched an investigation,” police public information spokeswoman Patty Schlosser told the Post. “What they found led to them to arrest Meyyar on Thursday” .

Williamsburg Christian Academy confirmed Meyyar had worked as an independently contracted co-ed soccer coach during the 2019 season and said the first report of a possible inappropriate relationship with a student surfaced that week through the anonymous tip reported to authorities . “WCA is fully committed to cooperating with law enforcement in this matter,” the school said in a statement to the Post . Per WAVY’s reporting, cited by the Post, Meyyar acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations when interviewed by police but did not deny them — an account from the police interview, not a statement in court . The alleged victim, a minor, is not named in any of the coverage, and this page follows that line .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The public response on the record comes from the institutions, not the community: the school’s cooperation statement and the police department’s tip appeal . James City County police asked anyone with additional information to contact its Criminal Investigations Unit, call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP, or submit tips at p3tips.com — an open call for more victims or witnesses seven years after the alleged conduct . No public statement from Meyyar or any attorney representing her appears in the coverage, and neither the school nor police announced any additional victims . The immediate consequence is custody: a no-bond hold at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail while the charges pend .

Current Status

Meyyar was arraigned on the four charges Friday morning, November 7, the day after her arrest, per WAVY, and is being held without bond at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail . The charges — four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship — are accusations in a pending criminal case: she is presumed innocent, no plea appears in the coverage, and no trial date or next court appearance has been reported . The police investigation remains open, and detectives are still soliciting information from the public . The New York Post’s account of the case, built on the police release and court records, remains the fullest public narrative of the allegations .

Impact on Their Career/Life

Meyyar’s coaching career at Williamsburg Christian Academy — intermittent across 2016 to 2024, per the school — is over in practice, with her name now attached to four charges arising from the 2019 season she coached and a no-bond hold keeping her in custody while the case pends . She is 47, and the coverage that introduced her name publicly does so entirely through the police charge; no part of the fetched record describes her life or work beyond the coaching role and the allegations . For Williamsburg Christian Academy, the case is a seven-year-old allegation surfacing against a former contract coach, with the school positioned in the coverage as a cooperating party rather than a target .

Sources

James City County Police Department (via JCC Alert), “Former Coach Charged with Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor,” November 2026 — source
New York Post, “Former Virginia soccer coach charged with having sex with teenage player,” November 7, 2026 — source
WAVY (via WRIC 8News), “Former Williamsburg coach charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor,” November 6, 2026 — source
WTKR News 3, “Former Williamsburg coach charged with indecent liberties with a minor: JCCPD,” November 2026 — source
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, “Former soccer coach charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor,” November 6, 2026 — source
@nypost on X, “Former Virginia soccer coach charged with having sex with 17-year-old player,” November 7, 2026 — source