Another Sex-For-Grades Scandal: Teacher Kalyn Thompson Charged with Rape

For The Daily Caller, Eric Owens reports:

First-year English teacher Kalyn Thompson has been charged with second-degree rape for allegedly having a series of sexual escapades with one of her male students, reports Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV.

“It’s sad because they’re vulnerable to it and obviously he’s getting a good grade from it.”

—  Creek County Detective Chrissie Underwood

Police say the Kellyville High School teacher gave the unidentified student a stellar, 98-percent, straight ‘A’ grade after their relationship took off. He had been flunking English just the semester before.

The teenager was 18 at the time of the hanky-panky. Investigators know of at least two rendezvous between the young lovers — one beside a lake and the other at the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa (the city’s 23rd-ranked hotel according to Tripadvisor.com)

The age of sexual consent in Oklahoma is just 16. However, a separate state law forbids teachers from having sex with current or former students until the students have reached the ripe, old age of 21, according to the New York Daily News.

As all teacher-sex relationships seem to start these days, this one allegedly began through flirtatious text messages. The student was 17 at the time…(read more)

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