THE BUZZ!
California school district to pay another $2.25MILLION to settle lawsuits over teacher Laura Whitehurst’s abuse of students
First up
This school district in California is paying some big money because of a teacher student sex scandal(s).
The district has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former student who was sexually abused by a teacher.
This settlement increases the total amount paid to the teacher’s victims to $8.25 million.
Subsequently, in 2014, she gave birth after engaging in a year-long relationship with this young man.
In 2013, she pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual activity involving three former students.
Initially, she faced 41 felony counts related to sex with a minor and oral copulation with a person under 18. However, she opted to plead guilty to just six of them, resulting in a six-month jail term and sex offender registration.
In the 2021 lawsuit brought by another former student, it alleges that he was preyed upon and sexually abused by her in 2007 and 2008 when he was 14 years old.
And she confirmed it. According to the police report, she confessed to it happening about 10 to 15 times in her classroom and apartment.
Unbelievable.
These kids will be affected by this for the rest of their lives.
