‘Humiliated’ teenager took his own life after being molested by sex-crazed female teacher
A TEENAGER molested by a sex-crazed female teacher took his own life after feeling “humiliated”, his family say.
Corbin Madison, 18, was one of four pupils abused by married Tennille Whitaker, and was found with a gunshot wound in a truck just over a year after the Nevada teacher was arrested.
Now his dad Terry is suing education bosses for allegedly letting her get away with the sordid antics.
The Elko Daily Free Press reported the lawsuit claims Madison killed himself because of the “depression, humiliation and embarrassment” triggered by the exposure of how Whitaker exploited him.
The mum-of-two was jailed for 20 years last October on four counts of sexual conduct between a school employee and a pupil.
ABUSED IN ‘READING ROOM’
She reportedly had a private “reading area” in her classroom that could not be seen from the hallway or any outside windows, where she is said to have abused her victims.
She reportedly assigned the four boys she had sex with jobs as aides and would have sex with them during a non-teaching hour. All were minors when she abused them.
Brennen Hooper, another victim named as a plaintiff in the new lawsuit, told of how a school worker once caught Whitaker sitting on his knee.
‘HUMILIATED AND EMBARRASSED’
That lawsuit accuses Elko County School District in Nevada of failure to “address, prevent and/or remove known sexual predators from its ranks.”
It further alleges that former Wells High School principal Chris McAnany was warned six times between early 2016 and March 2017 that Whitaker was having ‘unlawful sexual relations with minor students.’
Warnings given to McAnany, who is now a school district director, included those of a custodial worker, a parent and two teachers.
One school worker reported finding Whitaker and a student in a darkened classroom with its door locked.
She was finally arrested four months after this warning, in June 2017.
The lawsuit is seeking a total of $45,000 in damages.
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The school district said they did not comment on pending litigation.
Superintendent Todd Pehrson said: “We follow our policies and procedures.
“The safety of our students is our number one concern at all times.”
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