A Pennsylvania teacher resigned last week from the high school where she taught, amid accusations of having sexual relations with a student in the very classroom where she gave her lessons.
Thirty-one-year-old Emily Nesbit, an 11th grade teacher at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, PA, was charged with institutional sex assault, a third-degree felony, on Friday. Police said Nesbit admitted meeting an 18-year-old male student for sex in a classroom after hours at the high school.
Nesbit received the charge based on her position as an educator. The adult age of the student was not taken to account. If convicted, Nesbit could face up to seven years in prison, prosecutors say.
The scandal broke on March 10, after a female student read sexual text messages on the cell phone of the alleged victim. The sexts included partially clothed and naked photos of Nesbit and the student in question.
The following day, police interviewed the alleged victim, learning that he and Nesbit had been in personal contact for two months and met several times in the classroom for sex. Police say the teacher’s phone number was listed as “My Lady Friend” in the student’s iPhone.