Teacher Scandals

It took a jury less than two hours to acquit Meredith Susan Barry Martin, who was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student in a car.

In Lifetime's "Left For Dead," Ashley Reeves is strangled by her sexually abusive teacher and abandoned in a wooded area for more than 30 hours.

Corissa McCalister received her teaching license this past June, just months before she allegedly sexually assaulted a student.

"It was definitely a cry out for help,” Tomball Police Chief Jeff Bert said of the teen boy's decision to report the alleged abuse at the hands of 31-year-old middle school teacher Marka Bodine to authorities.  

Ashleigh Landry faces charges of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile after explicit messages she allegedly sent the victim were discovered on his phone.

Two years ago, former elementary school teacher Brittany Zamora captured America's attention for sexually grooming a sixth grade student. She’s currently serving a 20-year sentence.

Prosecutors said that between 2018 and July 2019, William Hamann paid a teenage girl for oral sex and recorded her performing the acts.

Crystal Smith was caught on video kicking a 5-year-old girl in a school library after the rest of the child's class had left the room.

Lucas Talley allegedly admitted to an inappropriate emotional relationship with his victim, saying he viewed their contact as "a type of therapy."

Popular track coach Jim Wilder was accused of sexual assault by multiple students. Did the high school respond accordingly?