Oklahoma Sexual Education Teacher Confesses to Sexual Relationship with Student

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An Oklahoma sexual education teacher has come clean about sleeping with one of her students after officials questioned her about it earlier this week. 

According to WKFOR, 32-year-old Deresa Poe, a teacher at Waynoka High School in Waynoka, Okla., was interrogated about the relationship by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday. WKFOR adds that the bureau acted on an anonymous tip.

Poe admitted to the relationship, which began in December, and both she and the 18-year-old copped to having sex at her home, inside of the teacher's lounge in the school (multiple times, apparently), and in the student's pickup truck just hours prior to being confronted.

In her confession, Poe, a married mother, apologized for her actions: 


I am Daresa Poe, a wife, mother and teacher. I have made a horrible mistake. I have let my judgment falter and I am embarrassed and mortified for the decisions I have made in the last two weeks. I have had sexual intercourse with a student. I am so very sorry for the [decisions] I have made. I would take it back in a heartbeat if the chance was given to me…I hold a position of importance where people and student[s] look up to me and I have failed. For this I am truly sorry.

Poe, who taught has taught at the school for six years, was suspended with pay. Although the student is 18, Oklahoma law prohibits sexual relations between teachers and students under the age of 21. 

She faces six second-degree rape charges.

[via WKFOR]

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