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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 today I
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am bringing you another episode in the Bad Teachers state
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specific series. So far, I have brought you to Arkansas, Texas, Ohio,
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and today I'm bringing you to the state of Missouri
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and we're going to expose just a few of the
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bad teachers from that state caught in inappropriate relationships with students.
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And I'm going to start this one off in Joplin, Missouri, which,
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even if you have never been to Missouri, you have
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likely heard of Joplin. It was the site of a
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horrific tragedy on May twenty second of twenty eleven, when
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an e F five tornado hit the city, essentially destroying
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it some eight thousand buildings, with over four thousand of
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those being people's homes completely destroyed. One hundred and fifty
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eight people lost their lives in that disaster. So let's
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go to twenty seventeen, just six years after that disaster,
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and I'm going to tell you about a forty two
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year old former teacher by the name of Amanda Ruth
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Schweitzer who was arrested when a mother of three boys
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in Joplin reported that Amanda had sent nude photos to
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her son on Instagram. This would open up an investigation
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that would uncover other illegal acts at the hands of
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this bad teacher. Get into it and Amanda Schweitzer. She
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started her teaching career in August of twenty ten in
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the Joplin School District as an eighth grade reading teacher.
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This was at North Middle School, and she continued in
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that role throughout the subsequent years, even through the devastation
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of the Joplin Tornado. So in October of twenty fifteen,
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she gets married and she continues teaching at North Middle School. Now,
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at this point, everything seemed fine. She's lifing right, she's
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getting married, she's got a job that is considered somewhat professional.
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But in March of twenty seventeen, that would all change
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when a mom reports to school officials that Amanda was
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sending newt photos to multiple students at that school. This,
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of course would launch an investigator, and through that investigation
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of thirteen year old boy thirteen would come forward with
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some pretty damning evidence of not only this abuse, but
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also that he had sex at Amana's house on at
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least two occasions. So on April seventh of twenty seventeen,
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Schweitzer she gets arrested on a charge of first degree
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statutory rape of that thirteen year old student. Now, at
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this point in time, she is thirty seven years old,
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so the arrest weren't stemmed from the thirteen year old
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saying he had been driven to her house where clothing
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was removed and the two had sex. And at this
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time police were also still looking into those Instagram needs
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that reportedly allegedly she had sent to other multiple students,
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but that was not what she was being arrested for.
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Here she gets arraigned on that charge, she pleads not guilty.
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Of course, you have nothing to lose in an arragnment
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by pleading not guilty. She pays her bond and she
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gets released, and it's nearly another year before anything else
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occurs in this case, when on January of twenty eighteen,
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a federal grand jury indicts her on separate charges involving
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those Instagram nudes. So now you got the federal the
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Feds investigating you again. She pleads not guilty, and throughout
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the next year there's a little to no movement on
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this case on the criminal side. Now on the civil side,
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several lawsuits surface. Now, one in particular is from safe
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Co Insurance of all People, and they enter into a
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lawsuit against Amanda and her husband. Now I'm assuming this
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is on behalf of the victim in this case. And
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one thing it does do is it provides at least
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a little bit of detail. I'm not going to review
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this entire lawsuit, but just one instance listed in the
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lawsuit and it reads and we're going to refer to
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the minor child as victim. Victim who through his mother,
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has a pending civil suit for damages in state court
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against his middle school teacher, Amanda Schweitzer and Amanda's husband,
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Jonah Schweitzer. Victim civil action stems from the allegation that
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Amanda groomed and subsequently engaged in sexual intercourse with victim.
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Amanda has been charged with crimes for her lleged misconduct.
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Amanda and Jonah are insured under safe Co Homeowner's insurance policy.
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After Owen's and victim made a demand of Safeco for
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payment of the policy, SAFEC brought this declaratory judgment action
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naming defendants Amanda Jonah, and it named some other people
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in emotion for judgment basically says victim was a student
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at North Middle School during twenty sixteen seventeen school year.
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During that same year, Amanda was an adult female teacher
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employed by the Joplin School District at North Middle School,
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where she served as a teacher to the victim. In
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early twenty seventeen, Amanda began grooming victim via social media
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and text message in violation of policies on her About
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March twenty ninth, twenty seventeen, victim was late for the
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bus and subsequently missed school. Amanda message victim when she
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noticed he was not at school. Amanda subsequently drove to
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his home and picked him up without the consent of
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his mother. Could you imagine that if you're a mother
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right now? While at her home, Amanda engaged in sexual
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intercourse with a victim. As a result of the encounter,
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victim has a sustained emotional injuries and yo, this is
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a middle school student. In addition, victim was to finish
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the semester off campus after the encounter with a man
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that came to light, he subsequently transferred schools. And that's
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pretty much what that lawsuit goes into now, as I said,
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her husband was named in that because it basically said, well, heck,
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I'll read it for you. It says that the petition
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alleges Jenna knew or should have known the proclivities of
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his wife to groom young male students and pray on
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them for sex. I don't know what that's all about.
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I read into it. I can't find anything where he
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was aware or appeared that somebody thought he was aware
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of all this stuff. So if you know something about that,
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let me know. But there you have it, that gives
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you a little more details, at least into that victim.
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So it's not until June of twenty twenty when there
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is what I would consider some major movement in this case,
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when Amanda Schweitzer, who is at this time forty one
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years old, she takes a plea and pleads guilty to
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one count of inciting a minor for illegal sexual activity.
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Now note the timing here, June of twenty twenty. COVID
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was probably at its peak at this time, so it
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took a while, actually a year and a half before
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she's going to be sentenced. But she is indeed sentenced
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in November of twenty twenty one, and I'm happy for
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the first time in a long time since I've been
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covering these cases to say the sentence might actually fit.
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She is sentenced to twenty years in prison with no
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parole in fifteen years probation upon a release. So it's
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a good start for Missouri. Now, did the THDS play
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a role in all of that, I'm sure they did.
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But hey, that is a sentence that fits the crime
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in my view. So let's see if it's going to
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continue here as we go to Mexico, Missouri. And yes,
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the name of the town is Mexico. And I'm going
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to tell you about another bad teacher by the name
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of Janay Nunnely. And I want to shout out listener
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Jessica for putting me on this particular teacher's trail. Now,
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Janey was twenty six years old and an elementary school
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teacher when she was arrested in February of twenty twenty five,
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just last year for having a merely year long sexual
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relationship with a student, and subsequent to that, it would
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also come out she was having sexual relationships with multiple students. Now,
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I do need to mention that although she was an
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elementary school teacher. The students she was having sex with
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were all high school students, So a little bit about Janay.
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In September of twenty twenty, she starts working with the Mexico,
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Missouri Public school system. Initially, she wasn't teaching in a classroom.
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She was helping as an aide, and she was also
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working with the cheer squad at the mental and high
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school levels. In twenty twenty three, however, she does become
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a certified teacher and she starts teaching at Eugene Field
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Elementary School, and she starts coaching as the head coach
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of the elementary school's cheer team. Now, very limited information
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on this case came out, but I did manage to
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dig up some details. So I'm going to take you
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to March fifth of twenty twenty five, and an officer
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draws up an affidavit for rest alleging the following, and
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I'm going to read this one. It's very short, but
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it's the affidavit on this case, and it reads. On
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two twenty five of twenty twenty five, the Mexico Police
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Department was notified by a local school district in Mexico, Missouri,
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that one of the employees of the district, Jane Marie Nunneley,
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had been engaging in a sexual relationship with a currently
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enrolled student. Police were also notified that not Only had
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been engaged in a sexual relationship with a previous student
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when he was attending the school in the district. Police
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were also notified that Nunnely was an employee of the
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district during both sexual engagements. Police made contact with victim
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number one, who was a current student of the school
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in the local school district. Victim number one stated he
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engaged in vaginal sexual intercourse two times around June of
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twenty twenty four with Nunnely. Victim number one stated at
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both times he met with non Only in Ladonia, Missouri,
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and she transported him to her residence in Mexico, Missouri.
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Victim number one stated not Only had vaginal intercourse in
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her bedroom in her bed. Victim number one stated that
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not Only added him on social media platform prior to
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the sexual contact. Around five of twenty four. They spoke
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then arranged a meeting to engage in sexual intercourse. Mexico
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police made contact with victim number two, who while attending
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a school in the local school district, had multiple sexual
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encounters with Nunnely starting between March of twenty twenty two
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and April of twenty twenty two. Victim number two stated
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not only engage in oral sex with him and vaginal
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sex between fifteen and twenty five times while attending the
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school in a local school district. Victim number two stated
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not only added him on social media around three of
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twenty twenty two March and April of twenty twenty two,
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and they spoke for some time before engaging in a
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sexual relationship. Victim number two said he continued a sexual
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relationship with None only until early of twenty twenty four,
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so you're talking almost a two year time period. Victim
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number two graduated from the school in the local school
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district in twenty twenty two, so he graduates in twenty two,
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so he was a senior when all this was going down,
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and they actually continued for two years after that. So
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I'm not sure what the delay is here, but it's
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not until the twentieth of March of twenty twenty five
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that None only turns herself in. She's writer, Miranda writes,
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and under questioning from investigators, she states that she engaged
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in sex with victim number two, but she said he
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had already graduated from high school by that point. She
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also admitted to engaging in oral sex and vaginal intercourse
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with victim number two multiple times. She also admitted to
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exchanging phone numbers with victim number one in May of
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twenty twenty four, and then she began messaging him. She
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said he was her assistant in summer school duties in
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June of twenty twenty four, and she said that after
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summer school ended, she met him on two occasions and
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brought her back to brought him back to her house
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in Mexico, Missouri, and engaged in vaginal intercourse with victim
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number one in her bed. So she admitted to that,
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and Victim number one at this time was still a
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student at the high school, unlike victim number two. So
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it's important to note that the school hadn't known about
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this since late February, and they'd already fired Janey even
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before this the rest affidavit was drawn up. So of course,
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after her admission of these acts, she's put into jail
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and she's arraigned, and she pleaded not guilty, and she's
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given bail which she makes. So from March to October,
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there's no movement in this case. Then in October of
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twenty twenty five, she sees the writing on the wall,
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she takes a plea and she pleads guilty to one
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count of sexual contact with a student. As part of
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the deal, they dropped the other count. And on January
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ninth of twenty twenty six, just last month, the prosecution
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files what's known as a sentencing memorandum with the court,
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which is really just a memo saying, hey, we would
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like this fill in the blank as her sentence. And
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as part of this, some new information comes out in
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this memo, and I'm going to refer to what's known
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as a sentencing recommendation report, and it says the state's
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recommendation for the maximum sentence four years in the Department
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of Correction, so they're seeking them. It goes on to say,
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it is a profound betrayal of trust and authority to
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exploit a student. It's not just a crime. Such a
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sentence safeguards to the community while ensuring the defendant confronts
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the real harm caused by a power differential relationship. Miss
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Nunneley pleaded guilty to one count of sexual contact with
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a student, but she admitted to three inappropriate relationships with student.
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Two were sexual in nature and one involved using marijuana
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with the student. Miss Nunneley taught at the elementary school,
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but managed to acquire these connections with the high school
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students through working as a coach and as a supervising
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teacher for an A Plus program student. For both sexual relationships,
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Miss Nunneley identified herself as being the first to reach
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out to these students. She added one through Snapchat and
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provided the other with her phone number on a sticky note.