TAMPA - A Tampa-area middle school teacher is under arrest, accused of having sex with a student.
A Tampa Florida area middle school teacher is under arrest, accused of having sex with a student.Reading teacher Debra Beasley LaFave, 23, is a newlywed who is accused of performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student at Greco Middle School twice in the past month.
LaFave is being held in the Hillsborough County Jail on $15,000 bail.
The 2002 graduate of the University of South Florida was married 11 months ago.
Temple Terrace police said that LaFave was arrested at her home after the 14-year-old boy told his mother the allegations. LaFave was reportedly never the boy's teacher.
Seems more like a letter to Penthouse than a news story. She's a recently married, smoking hot teacher (that's a mug shot above), and she's going to chase after a 14 year old?
On the other hand, additional charges have been filed against her, and there may be another 15 year old boy involved.
Update: The Smoking Gun has the arrest reports.
Update 2: Via high school classmates:
Apparently Debbie Beasley, as she was known in high school, was quite the sexual adventurer in her younger years. She was always very well dressed and beautiful. She was a switch hitter (dating a female softball player), which meant all the guys wanted her and all the girls were jealous. Old friends were suprised that she married her high school boyfriend, as neither one of them was particularly known for fidelity.
Update 3: The National Enquirer is reporting the Lafave and Backstreek Boy Nick Carter were an item in high school. They also confirm the lesbian relationship reported above.
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She could lose the eyelashe... (Below threshold)1. Posted by mark | June 28, 2004 3:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She could lose the eyelashes, though.
In all seriousness though, WTF are these teachers thinking?
1. Posted by mark | June 28, 2004 3:44 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 15:44
2. Posted by jen | June 28, 2004 5:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Innocent until proven guilty, people.
2. Posted by jen | June 28, 2004 5:04 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 17:04
3. Posted by Mud Blood & Beer | June 28, 2004 5:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
After looking at the other pictures, I'll bet that it wasn't the boy's father who wanted to press charges.
3. Posted by Mud Blood & Beer | June 28, 2004 5:39 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 17:39
4. Posted by zombyboy | June 28, 2004 6:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I feel for her husband--how humiliating and maddening this has to be for him.
4. Posted by zombyboy | June 28, 2004 6:27 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 18:27
5. Posted by Spoons | June 28, 2004 6:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hope she's guilty, because either way, she's toast.
Good call on the eyelashes, btw. She's wicked hot, but the lashes are freaky.
5. Posted by Spoons | June 28, 2004 6:51 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 18:51
6. Posted by Sharleen Mondal | June 28, 2004 7:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She looks just like Barbie.
6. Posted by Sharleen Mondal | June 28, 2004 7:02 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 19:02
7. Posted by Chris Short | June 28, 2004 7:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This story is intriguing a lot of people here in Tampa.
I can't imagine why she would do such a thing but I also can't imagine why the boys would tell.
However, I'm 24 and she's 23. If she needs "lessons" from an older guy (lol) then she's more than welcome to give me a call.
7. Posted by Chris Short | June 28, 2004 7:11 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 19:11
8. Posted by azygos | June 28, 2004 9:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She's in a field where your life is destroyed whether you actually did anything or not. A male friend of mine who is a nurse had his life ruined by false charges.
When you are a teacher or nurse/doctor etc... you don't have to do anything wrong to have your life ruined by vendictive children and angry parents.
8. Posted by azygos | June 28, 2004 9:00 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 21:00
9. Posted by ibejo | June 28, 2004 9:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Gawd...where was she when I was 14?????
9. Posted by ibejo | June 28, 2004 9:10 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 21:10
10. Posted by Zygote | June 28, 2004 9:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You can't imagine why the boys would tell?
If I was 14, and a smoking hot teacher gave me a bj, the question isn't why I would tell, but who wouldn't I tell?
10. Posted by Zygote | June 28, 2004 9:12 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 21:12
11. Posted by Jeff | June 28, 2004 9:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The cousin who drove them around reportedly said the teacher claimed that the fact that it was illegal turned her on.
11. Posted by Jeff | June 28, 2004 9:27 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2004 21:27
12. Posted by Somebody had to say it | June 29, 2004 7:51 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Proving once again that 14 year olds are stupid...
12. Posted by Somebody had to say it | June 29, 2004 7:51 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 07:51
13. Posted by Jeff | June 29, 2004 8:33 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This case has Tampa buzzing.
13. Posted by Jeff | June 29, 2004 8:33 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 08:33
14. Posted by Boyd | June 29, 2004 8:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
iBeJO: Gawd...where was she when I was 14?????
Pre-school, day care or at home with Mom, I would guess, since she would have been four years old at the time, you freakin' pervert.
14. Posted by Boyd | June 29, 2004 8:34 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 08:34
15. Posted by McGehee | June 29, 2004 11:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Eyelashes? Eyelashes!?
Sheesh. Kids today...
Eyelashes!
15. Posted by McGehee | June 29, 2004 11:43 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 11:43
16. Posted by Havoc | June 29, 2004 1:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sheesh, there was more learned at U. of S. Florida than English. There is Way Way more here that will eventually come out.
Miles apart Cousins ("Boys") stories match as do details of tatoos and intimate details of her person. Too Bad she didn't look up the Statute and the Jail time first, and remember how boys love to brag.
A) She's only guilty of being indescreet and a very stupid tease -- For those who fail to grow up, life has it's way of forcing it
B) She's done for a long time - Jail, fines, families pissed, humiliations galore -- going after her husband's best friend or Father's business partner not a big enough thrill, oh no, she picks something with Jail time
A) or B) there are ALOT of losers here including the "Boys" families. If there is a devil in this world, then this is the "classic bait and switch sucker ploy, promise of a thrill, but a payoff of Jail, heartache and humiliations galore for LOTS of people for years to come
16. Posted by Havoc | June 29, 2004 1:04 PM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 13:04
17. Posted by coolguy | June 29, 2004 8:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
props to the boy, i mean look at her she is beautiful!
17. Posted by coolguy | June 29, 2004 8:22 PM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 20:22
18. Posted by Ed | June 29, 2004 10:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Damn She is so hot Smoking HOT She is a model look at her, Men love her and wanna see more pictures of her and hear to what happens to this Beautiful creature. It's a 14 year olds dream to have a gal like that to even talk to a gal like that and cruise with her in her jeep. Whish we would have women like that down here in Toronto Canada
18. Posted by Ed | June 29, 2004 10:01 PM |
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Posted on June 29, 2004 22:01
19. Posted by jim | June 30, 2004 12:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think it is important to note that with
a super hot babe like that, virtually every
boy in the school probably thinks about having
sex with her at least 50 times a day - and a
story about sex with her could really be
something to brag about - whether or true or not.
19. Posted by jim | June 30, 2004 12:05 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 00:05
20. Posted by glimli | June 30, 2004 12:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
These kinds of cases really push the boundaries of our social/cultural values vs. legal, 'justice is blind' boundaries. In this instance, every man quietly wishes he had this chance - yet when confronted on the legal issues, we all would be forced to submit that, if guilty, the acts deserve severe punishment.
But do they? Go back 100 years, replay the event (replace the SUV with a buggy argh argh), and see if you think she'ed be nabbed. Id suspect that in 1904 - this woman would be spurned as a whore (too bad) - or shrugged off by family and police as a 'conming of age' event. I wonder which is right and which is wrong - 1904 or 2004? Probably somewhere in the middle...as with all things... :)
Interesting subject. Glimli
20. Posted by glimli | June 30, 2004 12:26 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 00:26
21. Posted by AB | June 30, 2004 1:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just a wild thought here but . . . this could be one of the best scams of the year. There isn't a TV producer in America who doesn't want these two (and hubby) to do a tell all. Some will pay heavily for it. Mags and newspapers, too. Actually, it has appeal beyond U.S. Huge appeal. Wish I thought of it. Wish I were 14. I keep muttering to myself ... there's a victim here somewhere, right? Maybe it's us.
21. Posted by AB | June 30, 2004 1:34 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 01:34
22. Posted by Ricky | June 30, 2004 2:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She's real hott what dumb kid oh my god I would have let her do whatever she wanted to me. And yeah I think that kid should have shut his mouth lol I mean seriously if I was 4+ years old I would still let her do it It's exiting.
22. Posted by Ricky | June 30, 2004 2:24 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 02:24
23. Posted by JC | June 30, 2004 4:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She REALLY did it: the police arrest warrant is posted on the web! the kid knows VERY specific details about her tattoos, her shaved private parts, and her bedroom at her home. He describes in detail her undergarments (which the police can sieze as evid), and that she's on birth-control. Plus, he had sex with her in front of his cousin, who confirms the details. But, the most devestating evid: the kid phoned her with the police listening in and tells her he wants to start using condoms when they have sex and she agrees but asks him why he is worrying about that? So, she did it, but WHY? She is drop-dead gorgeous! She could have any man she wanted. And she picks a 14 year old kid? Must be some deep-seated psychological issues with her: intimidated by grown-up men, she can only relate to a child...
23. Posted by JC | June 30, 2004 4:27 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 04:27
24. Posted by gammer | June 30, 2004 4:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm crying in my beer. Where were hot teachers when I was in school eons ago. I hope she is innocent, but if she has the tats the boy described to the police she is toast. I've read the LE report. It sizzles.
24. Posted by gammer | June 30, 2004 4:30 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 04:30
25. Posted by JOHNY | June 30, 2004 4:51 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
THAT KID IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A HOT WOMAN GIVE HIM ORAL , IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL LOL
25. Posted by JOHNY | June 30, 2004 4:51 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 04:51
26. Posted by AT | June 30, 2004 6:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Does anybody know what type tattoos she had, there maybe more to this than we think.
26. Posted by AT | June 30, 2004 6:47 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 06:47
27. Posted by Bob | June 30, 2004 7:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Whether or not the allegations are true, these kids are total losers. When I was in high school a 17 year old male classmate was having sex with a teacher and my then girlfriend and I knew and told no one, MYOB. As for "who wouldn't I tell..."; discretion is the better part of valor besides if you're going to act like a grown-up, go the whole nine yards and keep your sex life to yourself and your partner. As for those who commented on her eyelashes, if you were with a fine lady like this why would you be looking at her eyelashes?
27. Posted by Bob | June 30, 2004 7:39 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 07:39
28. Posted by eclipsegurl | June 30, 2004 8:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wonder if they listened to Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher"?
I think that everyone can agree on one thing here, all YOU guys wish YOU were the student.
28. Posted by eclipsegurl | June 30, 2004 8:12 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 08:12
29. Posted by chowdah | June 30, 2004 8:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This kid is going to be a hero for the rest of his life. She is blazing hot. I would have threatened my mother w/ suicide if she told the cops. He could have had this treat for who knows how long had he/his cousin/ his mom kept their yaps shut.
29. Posted by chowdah | June 30, 2004 8:12 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 08:12
30. Posted by silversnake | June 30, 2004 8:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Poor girl is batting 1000...a 14 year old, and a gay husband. I wonder if she's going to do any tutoring in jail....I always wanted to learn how to read!!!
30. Posted by silversnake | June 30, 2004 8:18 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 08:18
31. Posted by me | June 30, 2004 8:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
She is fantastic, I wish I was that school boy.
Well done boy.
31. Posted by me | June 30, 2004 8:45 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 08:45
32. Posted by Jay Byrd | June 30, 2004 8:52 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who did this kid tell? What I do not get is this kid did it willingly, so why should she be in trouble? 14 years old is old enough to know better.
32. Posted by Jay Byrd | June 30, 2004 8:52 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 08:52
33. Posted by eclipsegurl | June 30, 2004 9:11 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Legal age of consent for a boy in Florida is 16. If he'd only held back a little while longer...
33. Posted by eclipsegurl | June 30, 2004 9:11 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 09:11
34. Posted by Str@dr@ | June 30, 2004 9:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
IN SPANISH ONLY (PRACTICE)
QUE BUENA ESTA LA PROFE, QUE LASTIMA QUE COGIO AL CHICO EQUIVOCADO, PERO BIEN... ESO PASA CUANDO UNA BUENA MUJER TRATA DE HACER HOMBRE A UN INDIVIDUO QUE ESTA DESTINADO A SER UN GAY. SEGURAMENTE EL CHICO SE PUSO CELOSO POR ALGO Y EN UNO DE SUS ARREBATOS DE COLERA DECIDIO ARRUINARLO TODO.... LASTIMA POR ELLA... OJALA QUE EN PRISION SE ENCUENTRE UNA BUENA MUJER
34. Posted by Str@dr@ | June 30, 2004 9:39 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 09:39
35. Posted by Mike | June 30, 2004 10:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1.) It is true that kids in that age group love to brag and tell stories, whether they are true or not. It is obvious that there was some sort of relationship because of all the details the boy told police.
2.) A beautiful young woman as my teacher...I'd be thinking of nailing her every second of the day.
3.) The kid must be hung..why else would she want him?
35. Posted by Mike | June 30, 2004 10:10 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 10:10
36. Posted by chillin | June 30, 2004 10:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
dammmnnnn... i wish i was that kid.
36. Posted by chillin | June 30, 2004 10:22 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2004 10:22
37. Posted by Richard | June 30, 2004 10:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)