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Teacher Accused of Having Sex with Student Still Having Sex with Student

2008_07_wanteach.jpgFormer Wantagh high school teacher Heather Kennedy had been charged with having sex with 16-year-old student back in March, but now Newsday reports Kenney will face "five new charges of statutory rape charges." Someone tipped investigators, who found out the 25-year-old was still seeing the boy, apparently having sex with him five times since she pleaded guilty last month. Kennedy, who was awaiting sentencing for the first set of charges, is supposed to be arraigned today.

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  • AggieAngst

    I know too many adults who were molested as children and most of them are messed up forever. It's wrong to force that kind of contact on someone who isn't emotionally mature enough to handle it.

  • NannyState

    You get my vote, AggieAngst.

  • AggieAngst

    I think it's disgusting. Teachers are supposed to care for kids, not molest them. I think I'd rather die than have any sort of sexual contact with a student. It's just wrong. Not to mention, teen-age boys are gross, unless you're a teen-age girl I reckon. :p

  • Jerky

    Damn kids today....don't know when to keep their mouths shot and let a good thing roll!!!

    And yes, in many other states, this is legal. No double standard there....

  • NannyState

    She's got that "just made it down the stairs with the clothes hamper" look. You people are sick! He should have to write "I must stick to fingering girls my own age" 500 times on the chalkboard.

  • fleshtone

    Obviously: I would have killed to shag a teacher when I was 16.



    @matty: It's "I got it bad, I'm hot for teacher"

  • BigWill

    I don't get it a guy can't get raped by a female.

  • Barbj8

    So, when they date, does she have to pay for everything? Or would his allowance cover the motel room?

  • pk4l

    The mugshot should have been taken a step back.

  • pk4l

    Lol ... The wonder in life ...



    bet the tipster didn't get any!

  • bornbrednewyorker

    I don't know what you guys are looking at but she's plain jane all the way. Still the issue is he's 16, a minor.



    http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41159285.JPG

  • qwerty

    I think 16 is old enough, but the teacher/student aspect makes me a tad uneasy. I'd be pissed if some teacher was screwing my kid, that's for sure.

  • Rfive

    I would have hit it when I was 16.

  • robingee

    The age of consent varies from state to state. In some places it's 14. The variation is weird.

  • bjornsaucey

    She's still not that hot, but I'd hit it.

  • plk779

    Eww, 16 year old boys are so gross! They don't get hot until 18 anyways, what's with this lady?

  • jaycjay

    "In many other countries 16 is old enough. The US needs to get a life."



    In many states in the US "16 is old enough." In some, the age is higher than New York's 17. There is no federal law regarding age of consent.

  • babyhitler

    If a female teacher has sex with a young male it's okay. If a male teacher has sex with a young female it's not okay. Is that hypocritical to say? No. Why is that? just because. Women need more bathrooms then men. It's just one of those things. Men are pre-wired for sex at an earlier age. This is one of those things where social and behavioral sciences don't mesh with the law.

  • joeb

    If they're still doing it, he obviously likes it. Let 'em go, already. In many other countries 16 is old enough.



    No legislator is ever, ever going to lower the age of consent though. Who campaigns on the promise to allow adults to have sex with 16 year olds?

  • esquared

    Damn Kennedys.

  • matty

    "Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me!"



    -Sting

  • matty

    "Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me!"



    -Sting

  • interlard

    If they're still doing it, he obviously likes it. Let 'em go, already. In many other countries 16 is old enough. The US needs to get a life.

  • triumph110

    This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. They have documented over 285 of these types is incidents since just the beginning of 2008.

  • whitecastlerock

    Where are this kid's parents?

  • Polite New Yorker

    Who is ratting out these awesome teachers and where were they when I was in school? It's a sad day in America when our young men are made of such weak stuff that they can't appreciate sex with an attractive older woman. Sad indeed.

  • Gothamist_Cynic

    I still don't understand how this is rape when both people consent to the act. America is full of prudes!

  • hoodlum

    Legal age should be lowered.

  • Steven

    She is not that bad looking as well.

  • matty

    "I've got it made I've got it made, I'm hot for teacher..."



    -Van Halen

  • robingee

    She couldn't wait a year till he was legal?

  • smokedgouda

    Hey, what's a girl in the big city to do?

  • Guest

    Who's informing the cops of these trysts?

  • BMMDan

    can't say she isn't persistent. what would happen if it were a male teacher and a 16-yr-old female student? where's the public outrage? where's rev. al? where's the beef?

  • fugothamist

    nice

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