Lafave Says She 'Crossed the Line'

[Rhino]

Teacher Debra Lafave Says She 'Crossed the Line' in Sex With Teen

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

TAMPA, Fla. — A former middle-school teacher serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old pupil said in a television interview that she was a deeply troubled woman at the time and "crossed the line that never should've been crossed."

Debra Lafave, 25, who became a tabloid sensation after her arrest in 2004, also acknowledges that her victim might "have a hard time trusting women one day. I'm sure he has to be living with the guilt of — quote, unquote — ratting me out," according to transcripts of the interview with Matt Lauer released by NBC Tuesday. The interview was to air Wednesday on the "Today" show and "Dateline NBC."

Lafave is serving three years of house arrest and seven years of probation after pleading guilty to having sex with the boy in a classroom and her home in June 2004. Her plea in November negated the need for a trial during which the victim would have been called to testify.

Lafave has apologized and said bipolar disorder contributed to her state of mind at the time.........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213607,00.html

[Ant]

Am I the only guy who thinks I would've been completely unharmed if I had been "molested" by Ms. Lafave at the age of 14?

Yes, I'm saying there's a double standard.

25 year old male teacher + 14 year old female student = Kill, kill, kill!!!
25 year old hot female teacher + 14 year old male student = Every teenage boy's dream!

[DesertFox]

Nope. She coulda molested me as much as she wanted and I'd felt happy, not disturbed.

[gnome]

He could have enjoyed it thoroughly, and cherished the memory for the rest of his life... it can still be wrong of her, and still do him harm he's not aware of yet.

[DesertFox]

Disagree. At that age I had a teacher I's deeply in lust with. It would not have hurt me a bit had she shared some of her, uh, wealth with me.

We had an art teacher in our school who did just that with several of her male students, and none was harmed. I knew them all and still know them today and, just as one would expect, when they get together they laugh about good ole Miss Henry.

[Jester21]

I think the only harm that will come to him is if he keeps listening to people telling him "She molested you". Kind of like people who go to therapists and then get it planted in their heads that their parents did them wrong way back in early childhood.

Where were teachers like that when I was growing up?

[Ant]

I just saw her on Dateline. She's a freaking idiot. She might as well be a 14 year old herself.

[DeclinetoState]

I remember one of the telephone calls that was taped had her asking her boyfriend if he'd "pinkie promise" her something. How did she ever get her teaching credential in the first place?

Probably from the same institutions that accredited some blithering liberals that have infested the classrooms.

[MSGT]

At that age I would have got greedy and messed it up.

[Republican_Legion]

Well I too wish I had a teacher like Debra Lafave. She has eyes like that actress 'Christina Applegate'.

[BEST45CAL]

She might be an idiot, but she's dead right about two things: Sex sells, and the media thinks she's too pretty to go to jail.


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[Republican_Legion]

the media thinks she's too pretty to go to jail.
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The judge must have thought that too lol. Maybe she offered him a free massage lol. A judge exploiting someone for personal pleasure is nothing new these days.