Posted on 07/08/2004 5:33:18 AM PDT by presidio9
NEW YORK If Debra Lafave is convicted of sexual misconduct and lewd exhibition, the middle school teacher will be part of a frightening trend: A report to Congress Wednesday found that one in every 10 school-age kids endures sexual misconduct by a teacher or other school employee.
Lafave is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student at least five times at her home, at school and in the back of her SUV.
The student identified butterfly and Chinese letter tattoos on Lafave's body for investigators.
The 23-year-old reading specialist at Greco Middle School near Ocala, Fla., turned herself into authorities Monday, accompanied by her attorney.
Sorry you get to go through this since you know the family. She is a pretty, young woman. I haven't heard anything Mary Kay LaTourneau like yet, so it does not sound like she's been grooming him since second grade, like a pedophile (under 13 is the definition so 12 or less). The pictures are mild modelling like pictures, nothing more. Should she be a teacher...probably not. Is it a tragedy for her husband, sure. Not like LaTourneau's husband and four children. But you also bring up a very good point. Kids are making up accusations too. Do they have some physical evidence from the SUV? Etc. She is still innocent in the eyes of the law.
Good luck and I hope you can support the husband (no kids right?) in whatever he decides to do.
DK
Was she actually ratted out by a student? I say the student is the one who should be PUNISHED! At the very least he should be put away in a mental asylum. Let's see, you get seduced by a hot looking teacher and you COMPLAIN about that? Things have really changed. When I was in high school if a male student went to the cops crybabying about being seduced by a hot looking teacher, he would have been laughed out of the station.
Lafave? Latourneau? Whassupwidat?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.