Former Robbinsdale principal accused of abusing student living in her home for years, bribing him to stay silent

A former Robbinsdale school principal has been accused of sexually assaulting a student who was living in her home during many of his teen years. According to the criminal complaint, the victim, who is now an adult, moved into 67-year-old Mary Lynn Donaldson s home when he was in his early teens while attending the school where Donaldson worked. Charging documents show that the sexual abuse began when the victim was 14 or 15 years old and it continued until he was around 20 years old. The complaint says the victim reported that Donaldson would bribe him not to tell anyone about the abuse. A current employee at the Robbinsdale school told detectives that the victim was known to be Donaldson s favorite student. The victim described to investigators that the sexual abuse would happen multiple times per week, and sometimes more often. The criminal complaint details how the abuse slowed down after Donaldson moved to Wisconsin, but she continued traveling back to Minnesota to