Dec. 18, 2024

"Bad Teachers" Episode Four: Alexandria Vega & Reagan Gray

Show Notes
Transcript

“Exposed: Scandalous Files of the Elite” host Jim Chapman is back with this fourth episode in the “Bad Teachers” series. Today he is examining two alarming cases of educator misconduct: Alexandria Vera, a Texas teacher, and the Little Rock, Arkansas case involving Reagan Gray who’s alleged indiscretions at Immanuel Baptist Church is garnering headlines as of late.

Chapters:
02:41 Alexandria Vera's Story
07:40 Investigation and Arrest
14:21 Court Proceedings and Sentencing
21:01 Alexandria Vera's Future
22:56 Introduction to Reagan Gray
25:41 Allegations Against Reagan Gray
32:01 Reagan Gray's Arrest and Trial

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Sources: (Alexandria Vera)

Alexandria Vera Criminal Complaint.
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Staff Writer. “Houston area teacher…” WTHR13 NBC News. 01 Jun 2016.
Garvin, Keith. “Aldine IDS teacher…” Click 2 Houston News. 01 Jun 2016.
Alexandria Vera Court Document. 27 May 2016.
Staff Writer. “Teacher impregnated by…” WTMJ-TV Milwaukee. 01 Jun 2016.
Associated Press. “Teacher pregnant, accused…” WOLF FOX58. 01 Jun 2016.
Owens, Eric. “Cops: Teacher Traumatized…” Daily Caller. 01 Jun 2016.
Reece, Kevin, and Seward, Larry. “Texas leads nation…” KHOU11 News. 01 Jun 2016.
Crea, Jacqueline.

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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of

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the Elite. I'm your host, Jim Chapman, and we are

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back with this fourth installment in our Bad Teacher series.

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And today we're going to start out in Texas, specifically Alden, Texas,

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and I promise you won't believe your ears when I'm

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done telling you this one. Also have a teacher out

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of Arkansas I'm gonna be telling you about today. But

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we're going to start out in Texas and Alexandria Vera.

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So let me give you a little bit of history

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about Alexandria. She was an eighth grade English teacher at

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Thomas J. Stovall Middle School, which is part of the

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Aldan Independent School District, and according to students, she was

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known as the cool teacher. She do things like let

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students use cell phones while in class and they thought

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she was pretty awesome. And even though she was only

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twenty four, she had already divorced her husband and according

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to her ex's step grandfather, it was due to him

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acting immature. Now. That same step grandfather of her ex

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husband also noted he knew Alexandria to be hard working.

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She was a good mother who put herself through college.

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Now physically she's gorgeous, honestly, and I'll put some pictures

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on the Patreon. But a truly beautiful woman, and with

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what you're about to find out, a very twisted mind.

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She was also the mother to a six year old

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daughter from a prior relationship, and life was moving along

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for Alexandria on May twenty seventh of twenty sixteen, when

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an affidavit of probable cause was filed in the Harris

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County District Courts in regards to an ongoing investigation into

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Alexandria Vera and a thirteen year old student, which lasted

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even through the time he turned fourteen. Now, I'm going

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to go over what was alleged in that affidavit filed

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by Officer Jay Gonzalez. So, according to Vera, Vera met

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the student and we're going to refer to the student

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as JT during a summer school session, and Vera said

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that JT was initially rude to her, but he later

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began asking for her Instagram name. Vera said she denied

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giving JT her Instagram information. So after summer school ended,

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JT found Vera on Instagram and he requested to follow her. Initially,

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she rejected that, and Vera noticed that at the beginning

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of the school year, JT was actually assigned to her

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eighth grade English class. She stated that JT would flirt

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with her and he would say inappropriate things to her,

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and she claimed that she would tell him to stop,

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but he would continue to flirt with her. Then, in

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September of twenty fifteen, Vera netics that JT was not

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in class and she became worried about him. She said, so,

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she said she slid into his DMS for lack of

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a better word on Instagram to check on him and

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reminded him of an assignment that was due. JT replied,

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and this led him to ask Vera for her phone number.

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The student asked Vera if they could hang out outside

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of school, and she agreed. Vera drove to his house

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and picked him up. They drove around for a little while,

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and she said they kissed in the car. Now, this

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is a twenty four year old woman and a thirteen

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year old boy at this time. Vera then drove to

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JT's house again the filling day because his parents weren't home.

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Vera told investigators this was the first time that she

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and JT had sex. This was in September of twenty fifteen,

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So the two began having sex on a daily basis,

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mostly at her home. So on October eighth of twenty fifteen,

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Vera met JT's parents at an open house at school.

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After the open house, Vera actually went to JT's home,

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and JT would refer to her in front of his

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parents as his girlfriend. Vera told investigators that the parents

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not only knew about the relationship, but they also approved

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of it. Can you believe that Vera was invited to

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attend family gatherings? The parents allowed JT to stay every

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night with Vera at her home. In the mornings, vere

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would drop the boy off at his house on her

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way to work so that he could catch the bust

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school and not raise red flags. Right teacher, pulling up

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with a thirteen year old kid every day might raise

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an eyebrow somewhere. Vera said the relationship with the student

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grew and they continued to have sex and spend time together.

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Vera also told investigators that she and the boy get

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this love each other. Twenty four year old woman Vera

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claimed that she got pregnant with JT's baby in January

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of twenty sixteen, and Vera told investigators that the boy's

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family was told about the pregnancy and they were quote

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very supportive and excited about the baby. Vera terminated the

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pregnancy in February of twenty sixteen. However, after getting nervous

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when CPS Child Protective Services showed up at school to

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question her and the student about the relationship, Vera of

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course denied the relationship to c PS. Now, how did

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Vera even get on the radar with police regarding the

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teacher student relationship. Well, Alexandria and Vera admitted to the

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relationship when she was confronted by the school principal, Elsa Wright,

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and Vera told that principle that the boy's parents, Hey,

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they accepted her as his girlfriend, and I'm just like

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she was not doing anything wrong. Of course, Miss Wright

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had heard gossip going around the school. All these kids

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are going to talk, and that's what caused her to

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confront and ask Vera about that relationship. The principal then

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got with the SRO, the school Resource officer, and they

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began to investigate that relationship between Vera and JT. So

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what happened at that point, Well, an Aldan Independent School

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District peace officer, he gets assigned to investigate this and

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proper relationship, and that officer was provided Vera's cell phone

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and she consented to a digital search of her phone.

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Now that phone was forensically analyzed in many messages between

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Vera and JT were found, which was consistent with what

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Vera had told that principle. So the local school district

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they then issue a statement saying Aldan School has been

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made aware of the charges that have been filed against

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a former Stoveall Middle School teacher. And they say former

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because when they started investigating her, of course they put

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her on leave and then fired her. But I'll move

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on involved in an inappropriate relationship with a male student.

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When the allegation was made in April of twenty sixteen,

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the teacher was immediately removed from the school and placed

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on administrative leave. The safety and security of Aldean's students

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and staff remain a priority of the school district, so

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Assistant District Attorney Tiffany Dupri with the Child Abuse Division,

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she was quoted as saying, as parents, we entrust teachers

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with a very important role to educate students, and we

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should not be concerned about teachers getting into a sexual

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relationship with our children while they were at school. Dupre

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also added that the child's parents could face criminal charges.

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Failure to report child abuse is a possibility, she said,

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so a forensic interview was conducted where Vera was able

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to identify parts of JT's body. JT's forensic interviews were

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consistent with the story that Vera had told investigators, And

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of course police they interview neighbors, right they start going

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to houses, knocking on doors, and they start asking these

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neighbors if they noticed anything. And according to neighbors, Vera

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sometimes had as many as five teenage boys over at

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a time. One neighbor told investigator she was having a

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lot of kids in her home. There was drinking in

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the front. We always found beer bottles and beer cans

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on her side of the lawn. In half of the

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teens did not look older than high school maybe. Another neighbor,

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who wanted to remain anonymous, said that kids were always

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over to Vera's house and she always told neighbors that

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it was her brother and his friends. So when this

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came out, that step grandfather that I mentioned to Vera's

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ex husband in the beginning. He told reporters, I've got

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to admit it was very shocking. This was not the

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Alex that we know, so she was good at hiding

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her indiscretions. He went on to say, Alex today says

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she doesn't know what she did wrong. He said that

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Vera feels she did nothing wrong because she just fell

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in love. Talk about an idiot, and of course other

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parents they had reactions as this came out. Parent of

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another student in Stovall Middle School told reporters it's horrible

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for any father or any family member going through this situation.

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When you send your child to school, you think everything

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will be safe for them, but I think this is

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something that is serious and needs to be investigated. Another

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parent said everybody needs to get involved and they need

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to do something because these children are our children. It's

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messing up our children's mind. And even another said I

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have chills because of this, just to think a teacher

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would even do this. Now, an unnamed student who was

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asked if he ever noticed anything in class, mentioned that

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he grabbed her butt and everybody saw it and then

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everybody started talking about it. Obviously, police have a ton

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of information, including the confession of the teacher herself Alexandria Vera,

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so they issue an arrest warrant for her. Police go

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to her house and they take her into custody. This

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was on May thirtieth of twenty sixteen. A man answered

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the door and he told police that neither Vera nor

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her six year old daughter were at the house at

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that time. The man said she left and he had

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no idea where she went. This was on May thirtieth.

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Then on June one, of twenty sixteen, Alexandria Vera turns

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herself into police in Conrod, Texas. She was charged with

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continuous sexual abuse of a child, which carries a minimum

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sentence of twenty five years in prison under Texas law.

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In prosecutors they told the media that the legislature had

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recently passed a continuous sex assault of a child charge

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if a defendant has sexual intercourse with a child under

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the age of fourteen two times or more over a

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thirty day period, and in hands is the punishment from

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twenty five to life without the possibility of parole. So

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her bail gets set at one hundred thousand dollars and

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she was released just hours after her arrest. So upon

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her release, reporters of course are everywhere waiting for her

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to get out of jail for her statement, and all

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she said was I have a lawyer, I have legal representation,

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and I can't say anything. So what about the boy?

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If it was true that his parents approved of this,

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you don't want to leave them with the parents? Right, Well, police,

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they're thinking the same thing. And that fourteen year old

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boy was removed from his parents care by CPS and

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he was placed in foster care. And JT's parents, although

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they had not been charged in the case, they were

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ordered to undergo therapy and attend parenting classes. The parents

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did retain custody of their three other children. Now, let's

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talk about what Alexandria was doing while she was out

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on bond. She had a lot of conditions involved in

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that bond, and there were eight main conditions to her bond. One,

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she was not to communicate directly or indirectly in any

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manner with the student, except through lawyers or the court.

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Her second condition, VERA was not to threaten or harass

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the student. Her third condition, VERA was not to visit

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the student's residence or be within two hundred feet of

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the residence. Her fourth condition, she was to have no

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contact with children under the age of seventeen, with the

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exception of relatives meaning her young daughter and her underage brother.

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Her fifth condition, Vera was not allowed to go near

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any school ground's period within two hundred feet. She had

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curfew conditions which said she had to be home from

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eight pm to seven am every night, and she was

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not allowed to use the internet at home, but was

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allowed to use it at her job. She reportedly had

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a new job, but it was unclear what that job was,

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and of course she had to wear a GPS tracker

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at all times. And if she were to break any

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of these terms, her bond would be revoked and she

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would go back to jail. But that didn't scare Alexandria

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because she was back in court on Wednesday, August third

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of twenty sixteen for violating the curfew condition of her bond.

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Documents showed that she was doue at home at eight

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pm on July twenty six and she was forty six

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minutes late returning home, and that GPS device that she

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was required to where it placed her at a shopping center.

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But the judge he denies the prosecution's request to revoke

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her bond, although he did tell her, hey, this is

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going to be your last chance. And the prosecution said

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it was especially upset because in the past she violated

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another condition, which was to stay away from schools, especially

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the school she worked at. And get this, according to

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the prosecution, soon after she made bond, she goes to

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the school that she was already suspended from and eventually

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fired from for sleeping with that student and getting pregnant

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by the student for that matter, and she goes to

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the track and decides she wants to go for a

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little run around the track in her little skinny shorts

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and a little crop top. And the prosecution they didn't

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like that too much, so they discussed it with the judge,

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but they failed to take legal action at that time.

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And there was another violation that she had when she

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bought a new cell phone, she set up a new

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plan and she wasn't supposed to do that. Seems like

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she was trying to circumvent some rules, maybe to get

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in touch with that kid allegedly. So on November sixteenth

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of twenty sixteen, Alexandria Vera finally appears in court in

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Harris County, and many people testified. One in particular was

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a doctor by the name of Karen Lawson. She was

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a clinical psychologist who specialized in sex offender treatment, and

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during her testimony, Lawson explained that Vera came from a

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somewhat tumultuous background where she witnessed some domestic abuse, and

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the doctor also said that Vera was taken advantage of

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by men she dated, but she classified Vera as accomplished,

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a person who had held a job since the age

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of fourteen and bought her first home at twenty one,

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put herself through college, cared for her little brother, and

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was the full time caregiver to her six year old daughter.

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The doctor went on to say she did not classify

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Vera as a traditional pedophile, believes she was truly in

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love with the student. So the prosecution they get up

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and they have their chance to talk to doctor Lawson,

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and other details emerged. Pornographic pictures of the victim and

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Vera were found on Vera's cell phone. She was actually

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taking pictures of them having sex. She also allowed other

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students to have sex in her home. Lawson's testimony under

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cross examination also revealed that Vera and the victim's father

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pretended they were in a relationship with each other to

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try to cover up the student teacher relationship. How about

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that fucking bomb.

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The father of the student, let me say that again,

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decided he was going to pretend like he was the

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boyfriend to Vera in order to trick people into believing

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that that's why.

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She was at the house all the time. He's just

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as guilty she is. Miles. The victim's mother was in

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court to show Vera's support, as well as other students

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and their parents. You can't make that shit up. And

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I'm telling you when I post these pictures on Patreon,

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you're not gonna believe it. This is a beautiful girl.

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So what happened. Let's get to the verdict. Verea was

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originally charged, if you'll remember, with continuous sexual assault of

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a child, but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of

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aggravated sexual assault of a child, which doesn't carry that

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twenty five to life sentence that the continuous sexual assault would,

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so prosecutors agreed to a maximum term of thirty years.

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In defense, attorney Ricardo Rodriguez, planning to ask the judge

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for probation so Vera gets released on bail until her

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sentencing in January of twenty six and she was also

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eligible for what's none a's deferred adjudication, in which the

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case will be placed on probation and will have no

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felony on her record if she successfully completed the terms

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she was eligible for. That didn't mean that that was

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what was going to occur, but that's what she was

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eligible for. So on Friday, January thirteenth of twenty seventeen,

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Vera is sentenced to ten years in prison, So that

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makes her eligible for parole in just five years of

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twenty seventeen. Now. The judge in that case, Judge mc spadden,

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he told Vera this case will serve as an example

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to deder other teachers from crossing inappropriate lines. He went

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on to say, we want our teachers to educate our children,

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keep their hands off our children, and prepare them for

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the future. And believe it or not, ten years is

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on the higher end of other cases seen in Texas.

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Former chief of staff at the US Department of Education,

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Terry Abbott said, it's a very strong sentence. It's a

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very good first step. A teacher who is convicted of

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sexually assaulting a student in one county can get probation,

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while another jurisdiction they get five or six years. Abbot

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said that's because Texas has no minimum sentence. Texas has

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more than twice as many cases of assault of children

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by teachers than any other state. Believe it or not, now,

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alexand Andrea as I said, she was eligible for parole

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on January twelfth of twenty twenty two, but she was

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denied and remained in custody. She's now thirty three years old,

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and she's being held at what's known as the Coleman

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Work Facility in Lockhart, Texas. In her projected release date

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is just two years from now January twelfth of twenty

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twenty seven, and I kind of talked a little bit

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about Texas and their light sentences. And in twenty fourteen,

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Felicia Smith, another teacher at Stoveall Middle School, she faced

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criminal chargers for giving a sexually suggestive whip dance to

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a student in a classroom as a gift for his

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fifteenth birthday. How nice of her. She was actually sentenced

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to three years probation. Another teacher in Texas, a guy

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by the name of Jeffrey Gooseman was sentenced to ten

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years in prison for an inappropriate relationship with a student,

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and we may do an individual case on that. In

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a separate case, a former Spring teacher by the name

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of Jessica Lynn Kelly, she got two years behind boards.

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You can see how light these sentences are. An attorney

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by the name of Paul Morgan said, historically speaking females

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seemed to get lenient treatment, and I would agree with that.

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Morgan said, their cases seemed to be less I'm in

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the male teachers, but the judge wanted to send a

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message in Vere's case, and just a couple of stats.

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Former US Department of Education Chief of Staff Terry Abbott,

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who is now of the Houston public relations firm Drive

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West Communication. He cited researching twenty fourteen showing Alabama with

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the highest per capita rate of teacher student issues, but

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Texas with one hundred and sixteen accusations and convictions, certainly

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leads the United States in such cases. And to put

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that in perspective, Pennsylvania comes in second with forty five,

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so double that, and it's surprising to know Pennsylvania comes

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in second to me. So that is the case of

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Alexandria Vera, and we're going to move on to another one.

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And it's important to mention that this case out of

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Arkansas is not adjudicated yet. As a matter of fact,

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it's a very high profile case occurring right now in Arkansas,

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specifically Little Rock and a former teacher by the name

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of Reagan Gray. Now, at the time of this alleged incident,

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Reagan was twenty three, but currently today she's twenty six,

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and we'll talk about how she went three years with

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this escapade that we're going to get into. And she's

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another beautiful teacher, blond hair fit and this girl in

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particular really has like a very sweet look to her,

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almost a pure luck And I'll post these pics for

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you on the Patreon. So was shocking when this seemingly

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all American girl was arrested on April twenty fourth of

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twenty twenty four. And it's important to not again that

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this case has not been adjudicated. So everything I'm about

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to cover is allegations at this point, but let's get

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into it. So, originally Reagan was from Mona, Soello, Arkansas,

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and she was employed as a teacher at Little Rock

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Christian Academy. This is where she was employed during the

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time of the allegations. Now, Reagan was not working at

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the school after September of twenty twenty three, and Reagan

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was also employed at Sylvan Hills Middle School. This was

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beginning in October of twenty twenty three, So she left

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Little Rock Christian Academy. She moves over to Sylvan Hills

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Middle School the next month, and she was the music

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teacher there. And Reagan also volunteered in the student ministry

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at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas as a

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youth group leader and member of the music program. Now,

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that is a very prominent church with a very wealthy

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congregation in Little Rock. As a matter of fact, Bill

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Clinton prebviously worshiped there. It's one of the largest and

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best known Baptist churches in the entire state of Arkansas.

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So let me tell you about the crime. Now, according

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to the affidavit, around September eighth of twenty twenty three,

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FBI Special Agent Joshua Pullman was notified of an incident

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regarding Reagan having sexual relations with a minor. And we're

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going to refer to him as V one. This was

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way back in twenty twenty. Okay, so this affidavit is

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in twenty twenty three, September eighth, but the incident happened

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in twenty twenty. Let me explain. V one was a

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fifteen year old mail in twenty twenty when the assault began.

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He did not attend Little Rock Christian Academy, but was

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a member of the student ministry at Emmanuel Baptist Church,

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and Reagan approached V one the church. V one was

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not aware that Reagan was a middle school teacher at

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Little Rock Christian Academy. He didn't know what she did

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outside of teaching church, so I wanted to set that

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up To tell you this, In twenty twenty, V one's

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parents they discover text messages between him and Reagan on

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V one's cell phone. The parents of V one, they

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tell Reagan to stop messaging their child. Now, how Reagan

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got V one's phone number was through a group chat

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through the church's music program. So the parents they then

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report all of this to Stephen Smith, who is the

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senior pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church. And Smith he then

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goes to Reagan and he confronts her about the text

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messages and she tells him the relationship was not physical.

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They've never done anything right other than sending each other

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"Bad Teachers" Episode Four: Alexandria Vega & Reagan Gray

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