A ‘teacher of the year’ who was arrested last week for having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy, was secretly recorded admitting the sexual acts they performed on each other. Click below to find out more.
Ethel Anderson, 29, who is married with a four-year-old child, is alleged to have performed oral sex on the young boy at her Florida home when she was tutoring him.
Court records show that during a February 29 meeting with Anderson which was arranged by the boy’s mother, Anderson allegedly admitted performing sex acts on the victim and allowed him to fondle her.
The boy’s mother contacted the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office after she discovered ‘inappropriate’ text messages from Anderson to her son.
When police interviewed the boy, he was able to describe the teacher’s home in detail and also distinguishing stretch marks on her abdomen.
The 29-year-old was a teacher at Mango elementary where she was named diversity educator of the year for 2011 and had a spotless disciplinary record, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The sexual relationship was thought to have lasted three months.
The boy was not in her class but she tutored him after school.
Anderson faces three counts of lewd battery and two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation. She was released on Saturday on $50,000 bail.
According to police records, the victim sent his mother a text message on February 25 describing the sexual encounters he had with Anderson.
The mother-of-one has been placed on paid administrative leave at Mango, but Hillsborough school officials have said it’s likely the School Board will vote to suspend her without pay.
