How do you guys feel about girl on girl inappropriate relationships? Victim was 18. Teacher couldn’t have waited a few more months until she graduated?
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A Woodlands Christian Academy teacher and coach is facing a felony charge for the alleged sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student that began in August last year.
Lacey Jo Cunningham, 32, is charged with a second-degree felony of improper relationship between educator/student. Cunningham teaches anatomy and is a basketball coach for the private school.
WCA officials had not replied with a statement about Cunningham as of 1 p.m. Wednesday.
According to court documents, Cunningham and the female student began texting in August. The relationship started with Cunningham asking to meet the student outside of school for coffee, taking her to church and then having the student stay overnight at her apartment. Cunningham and the student, documents state, had more than 20 sexual encounters.
“(The victim) describes (Cunningham) as very manipulative, which has prevented her from coming forward sooner,” the arrest affidavit states.
However, in early December, the victim told her mother about the relationship with Cunningham. The victim’s mother then called law enforcement.
On Dec. 14, detectives met with Cunningham who gave them consent to search her apartment and seize her electronic devices including a cell phone, computer and Cunningham’s school-issued laptop. Cunningham, the affidavit states, told detectives it was the victim who initiated the overnight stays at her apartment. Cunningham said she and the victim did sleep in the same bed but there was “never any physical sexual contact.”
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“Cunningham was asked why (the victim) may have reported this incident. (Cunningham) said the only thing she could think of is that (the victim) was attracted to her and wanted a relationship with her. (Cunningham) was asked if she ever had feelings of attraction towards (the victim) and she replied ‘no.’ (Cunningham) said she has never had sexual relations with the female,” the court document state.
The victim reported she stayed overnight with Cunningham about 15 times and each time Cunningham touched her inappropriately. The court document indicates the victim never preformed any sex on Cunningham.
Cunningham, according to the affidavit, threatened to take her our life if the victim told anyone about the relationship or if she tried to break up.
Cunningham turned herself in to the Montgomery County Jail Dec. 19 where she was placed in custody with a $50,000 bond. Cunningham has since bonded out.