U.S. Epidemic of female teachers molesting their students is spreading 'round the world

U.S. teacher sexpidemic spreading across planet
Long list of American rapists joined by female Australians

The seeming U.S. epidemic of cases involving female teachers raping or molesting their students has been "sexported" Down Under, as Australia is experiencing a similar rash of cases.

Bridget Mary Nolan, 24, of Adelaide, Australia, is facing a possible seven-year prison term after admitting to three counts of sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old student in late July.

"The victim ... and his family are the subject of a lot of scrutiny by members of the school community and (the) town community in which they live," prosecutor Elizabeth Griffith told a court hearing. "The victim has ... been teased and bullied and pointed out within the school community as somebody who might have been involved with the teacher."

Meanwhile, another woman teacher is facing charges for allegedly seducing one of her own 15-year-old students.

Natalina D'Addario, a 36-year-old languages instructor from the Melbourne area is accused of beginning a sexual relationship with the teen in May.

Police say they engaged in oral sex on six occasions through July off school grounds. The affair reportedly came to a close in September when the boy notified his assistant principal of the liaisons.

These two cases are the latest in a series of Australian women having illicit relations with their male students.

According to the Australian, Cindy Leanne Howell, a female teacher's aide, was sentenced last month to at least two and a half years for preying on a 15-year-old boy; Sarah Jayne Vercoe was sentenced to four years for a series of sex offenses against five boys in Tasmania; and Karen Ellis of Victoria was jailed in May after pleading guilty to six charges of sexual penetration of a child under 16.

The Australian cases are hauntingly reminiscent of a flood of cases reported in the United States and elsewhere.

Debra Lafave

Among the most well-known is the case of Debra Lafave, a 26-year-old reading teacher in Florida accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy in her classroom, car and at home. Her plea deal sparing her jail time and giving her just house arrest was thrown out last week and her trial is now slated for April 10.

Other cases collected from news reports by iGossip include:

Adrianne Hockett: Accused of having sex with a 16-year-old special-needs student in an apartment she rented for the get-togethers. The boy has testified the pair would "have sex, drink beer and smoke weed."

Amber Jennings, 31: Initially charged with having sex with a 16-year-old, the counts have been reduced to posing a minor in sexual conduct, posing a minor in a state of nudity and dissemination of material harmful to others.

Amber Marshall, 23: Allegedly had sexual contact, including intercourse, with several students.

Amira Sa'Si, 30: Remarked she didn't think her relationship was inappropriate based on her Internet research, learning Georgia's age of consent is 16.

Amy Gail Lilley, 36: Charged with an alleged relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

Angela Stellwag, 24: Accused of having sex in her apartment with a 14-year-old boy she met in school.

Beth Raymond, 31: Private-school employee from Maine charged with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree sexual assault of a juvenile male.

Bethany Sherrill, 24: Daughter-in-law of school-board president is charged with molesting a middle school student when he was 14.

Carol Flannigan, 50: Music teacher reportedly slept with 11-year-old former student, and also had a simultaneous sexual relationship with the boy's father.

Celeste Emerick, 32: Authorites say she hosted a party where students were shown porn.

Christina Gallagher, 26: Ordered to pay more than $1,000 in fines, sentenced to a lifetime registration as a convicted sex offender and ordered to attend therapy for having sex with a 17-year-old student.

Deanna Bobo, 37: Arkansas teacher allegedly had sex twice with a 14-year-old boy in his own bed while his parents were not home.

Donna Carr Galloway, 33: Married mother of two found naked in a car with a 17-year-old student.

Elisa Kawasaki, 25: Officials say ex-biology teacher had sexual relations with a 16-year-old student on up to 20 different occasions.

Elizabeth Miklosovic, 36: Pleaded no contest today to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student she "married" in a pagan ritual.

Elizabeth Stow, 26: Accused of having sex with three of her students.

Ellen Garfield, 43: Former student says teacher took him into an empty classroom where she worked, partially disrobed, and coaxed him into having sex with her.

Emily Morris, 28: Sentenced to one year in jail for having sex with a 15-year-old student.

Erica Rutters, 29: Charged with writing erotic letters to a 16-year-old student and having sex with him at least once.

Georgianne Harrell, 24: Charged with performing oral sex on a 9-year-old boy, allowing students to gaze down her blouse and slashing her wrists with glass in front of her students. She pleaded not guilty.

Gwen Ann Cardozo, 33: Charged with having sex with a 17-year-old male student.

Heather Ingram, 30: Mathematics, science and business teacher had sex with a 17-year-old student.

Jaymee Wallace, 28: Basketball coach in Tampa, Fla., charged with having an 18-month lesbian relationship with a student.

Joan Marie Sladky, 28: Sentenced to six months in county jail for having sex with a 16-year-old student after pleading no contest to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation and penetration with a foreign object.

Karen Ellis, 37: Sentenced to jail for six months for having sex with a 15-year-old student.

Katherine Tew, 30: Married English teacher married female teacher arrested for having sex with a student.

Kathy White, 39: Charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. Victim alleges: "She said, 'Hey come to my bedroom, and that's where I went."

Kelly Lynn Dalecki, 28: Floridian pleaded no contest to charges she had sex with a 13-year-old boy.

Kristen Margrif, 27: Accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student in her car or at his summer workplace.

Kristi Dance Oakes, 32: Former Tennessee high-school teacher allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old boy who was in her biology class the previous year.

Lakina Stutts, 40: School-bus driver admitted to cops she had sex with a 14-year-old student in her home and in a car outside the boy's home.

Laura Anne Brownlee, 26: Former music mistress at a top private school was sentenced on six charges of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

Laura Lynn Findlay, 30: Middle-school band teacher charged with having sex with at least 5 students, one as young as 14.

Margaret De Barraicua, 30: Arrested after police found her with a 16-year-old male student in her car as the woman's toddler was strapped into a car seat in the back.

Maria Saco, 28: Sentenced to a year in jail for an intimate relationship with a teen student who was 14 when they first met.

Mary Kay Letourneau, 34: Did prison time after having an affair with a sixth-grade student, and had two children by him. The couple recently married.

Melissa Michelle Deel, 32: Pleaded guilty to crossing a state line to have oral sex with a 13-year-old male student.

Michelle Kush, 29: Allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old boy several times during summer break.

Neil Scott Lichter, 33: Accused of using the Internet to lure a child and showed up with a stuffed animal to give to her.

Nicola Prentice, 22: Given a 12-month suspended jail sentence after she seduced a 16-year-old student and began a 19-month affair.

Nicole Andrea Barnhart, 35: Reportedly told police she loves the 16-year-old boy with whom she was allegedly having sex.

Nicole Pomerleau, 31: High-school English teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with her 16-year-old student.

Pamela Smart, 22: Media services director at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.Y., had convinced her 15-year-old lover to murder her husband. The Nicole Kidman film "To Die For" is based on her story.

Pamela Turner, 27: Former model and beauty-pageant contestant accused of having a three-month sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy.

Rachelle Vantucci, 32: Ex-substitute teacher in western New York admitted having sex with a 16-year-old boy.

Rebecca Boicelli, 33: Gave birth to a baby last year and DNA test results gave prosecutors enough evidence to prove the father is Boicelli's former student, who was 16 at the time of conception.

Rhianna Ellis, 24: New York City teacher who allegedly had a 10-month affair with an 18-year-old, and allgedly gave birth to his baby.

Robin Gialanella, 26: Elementary teacher engaged in kissing, and inappropriate conduct and conversations with two sixth-grade boys, ages 11 and 12. She was sentenced to 364 days in jail.

Robin Winkis, 29: Allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old boy after giving him alcohol.

Samantha Solomon, 29: Fired after school bosses learned she was having sex with a teenage boy. She denies the charges.

Sandra "Beth" Geisel, 42: Upstate New Yorker fired from her job at the private all-boys school after police in found her in a parked car with a 17-year-old. She received six months in jail, in addition to time already served.

Sarah Jayne Vercoe, 25: Pleaded guilty to 11 counts of having sex with a student. Prosecutors say Vercoe lured four boys to her house for group sex after offering them a lift home from a basketball game and sent regular text messages to another victim.

Shelley Allen, 35: East Texas teacher's aide accused of sexual assault and faces a possible 20 years behind bars.

Shelley White, 24: Geography teacher had been engaged to be married before she kissed a 15-year-old student on at least three occasions. She avoided jail, but received 12 months community service.

Stephanie Burleson: Volleyball coach and teacher at Floresville High School in Texas six years ago, pleaded guilty to all charges for molesting a 16-year-old female student. She was sentenced to 10 years probation, and required to register as a sex offender.

Susan Eble, 35: Former teacher's aide is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy.

Tara Lynn Crisp, 29: Police allege she had sex with a student at least three times beginning when he was 14.

Toni Lynn Woods, 37: The Braxton County, W. Va., woman confessed to having sexual intercourse with three juveniles a total of four times and oral sex with one of those juveniles and another juvenile a total of four times. She resigned.