'Sex starved' special ed teacher in student sex scandal
A married US teacher is accused of having sex with an 18-year-old special needs student, complaining to another student her husband was no longer intimate with her.
Laura Ramos, a 31-year-old special education teacher at Central High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut admitted to police she had sex with the teen "a handful of times" in her car, court documents reveal.
A fellow student, identified as Witness 1, noticed the teacher and the teen “make eyes at each other like flirting,” and the behavior was reported to school officials, according to local media.
The witness also told how his teacher initially started texting him “as a normal teacher helping a student,” but the messages soon became more of a personal nature.
An arrest warrant detailed how Ms Ramos told Witness 1 she was starved of sex at home, local news WFSB reported.
“Ms Ramos would complain that her ‘man’ or ‘guy’ does not want to have sex or do anything with her,” according to the arrest warrant.
The student also provided detectives text messages his teacher had sent him, which included asking about buying marijuana, and others that were sexually explicit.
Ms Ramos did not identify the alleged victim, however, the witness claimed the other student involved was an 18-year-old special education student at the school.
“Witness 1 noticed the victim would hang out in Ms Ramos’ class and… would watch them make eyes at each other like flirting,” according to court documents.
The teacher initially told police she had a close relationship with the alleged victim, but denied having a sexual relationship with him. But she later admitted to having sex with him a “handful of times” from December last year to April, the arrest warrant stated.
Ms Ramos was charged with second-degree sexual assault and released on $50,000 bail to appear in court on June 28.
She was placed on leave by the school district, who had begun termination proceedings before the former teacher submitted a letter of resignation on June 20, school officials said.
