Debra Lafave, however, took the case to the Florida Supreme Court, and the court ruled in her favor two years later, in October Debra Lafave was married to her then-husband, Kristian Owen LaFave when her illicit sexual affair with a student at her school broke out. They were married on July 19, , one year after she started teaching. However, after the scandal and her subsequent arrest in , her marriage suffered and in she and Owen were divorced. Owen talked about the scandal on several television shows and also hinted that he felt his ex-wife had been let off the hook so easily.
She got engaged to Shawn Haverfield, a restaurant owner in Florida, and she had twin boys born in — for him. It is not clear whether they got married or not, but the relationship did not last long, because in they were on trial for custody of their children. Lafave has tried to come back to life after her turbulent past.
After the Florida Supreme Court ruling, she has retaken her maiden name — Beasley — and now lives again with her parents in Ruskin, where she helps them with their business and also takes care of their twins. Since she can no longer be a teacher in a classroom or around minors, she has tried to get several jobs, including waitressing in a restaurant and also working as a receptionist. In the meantime, she has converted to Christianity but still has to deal with people who stare at her on the street and make nasty remarks.
Image source. Trending Now. She always wanted to be a teacher. She taught reading to her Barbie dolls. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in English literature and went into teaching. The boy later told investigators he had sex with Lafave on a number of occasions in June , according to court documents.
One time, they were in a car as his cousin drove them around, he told investigators. Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? After her arrest, Lafave lost her teaching certification and her marriage to Owen Lafave. She could have gone to prison for 30 years but the victim's mother did not want to subject the boy to the national news coverage a trial promised to generate. Lafave entered a plea deal and was sentenced to house arrest, probation and treatment as a sex offender.
A judge ended her probation four years early, in Zuniga divides his time between Tampa and Monterrey, Mexico. Now, he is focused on creating a new grupero style. He has performed with several Florida bands as a keyboard player and back-up vocalist, and recently recorded his first single, Atado A Tu Amor — Tied to Your Love. He received a Tejano Globe Award for the song. He apologized at the time to his mother, Maria, and promised her that when he finally was free he would work to become the son she deserved.
She was proud of me. His mother died in January More than a decade after her notorious sex scandal received international attention, Debra Lafave lives a quiet life as a mom. In , Debra Lafave was a popular young English teacher at a Tampa-area middle school. Newly married to her husband, Owen, the year-old was seemingly at the beginning of a long career in education. But near the end of the school year, things started falling apart.
According to court documents, Lafave accompanied a year-old boy to see his cousin miles away. Later, the boy told his mother that he was having a sexual relationship with Lafave. The boy told police officers in Temple Terrace, Florida, that he had sex with Lafave three times in four days, according to court documents. One of those times was allegedly in a car while his year-old cousin drove them around. He also said she performed a sex act on him multiple times, including one encounter at her home.
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