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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Whatzit, YOU ARE WRONG!
Actually the age of consent varies from state to state. For instance the age of consent in NJ is 16, I know this as a fact.
It is a MISCONCEPTION that the age of consent is 18 across the country, the states set the age of consent, and the varying combinations such as age differentials that address the 18/17 year old scenario you give.
The confusion/misconception comes from the fact that the age to pose in pornography is 18 in all the states (I believe this is set by the federal govt.). So when you see these tapes that say “barely legal”, it spreads this misconception that 18 is the legal age where females can consent…yet it is completely false, it is the age where they can legally be photographed/filmed in sexually explicit behavior. However I do believe some states are 18 for consent, but definitely not all, and probably not the majority.
You can do a web search for something like “age of consent law” or “statutory rape” and the name of the state you would like to find out the age of consent, a lot of times you can find the legal criminal codes on the state websites which should spell out the ages of consent in there various criminal code.
*sigh*… there simply is no justifying what she did. She committed stat. rape by knowingly engaging in sex with a minor, period. She should be punished regardless of her sex. That’s all there is to it. And as for the argument saying that the boy has no burden to raise or support the child so it should be OK for an adult F to have sex with a minor M, all I can say is, that is false. Look at this case wherein the gov’t established that fathers are resp. for children financially regardless of how old the father was at conception or under what circumstances the pregnancy took place (ie, stat. rape or not):
http://www.menweb.org/throop/rawdeal/court.html
Again, minors are not on the same moral plane as adults and do not understand the implications of having sex with them. If you can’t see this, then there isn’t much else I can say I suppose to convince anyone. You either see it or you don’t.
Here it is, The future website of Debra Beasley Lafave!
This is the location of the future website to follow the trial and read any information about what is going on with Debra Beasley Lafave.
http://www.DebraBeasleyLafave.com
http://www.DebraBeasley.com
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*sigh*… there simply is no justifying what she did. She committed stat. rape by knowingly engaging in sex with a minor, period. She should be punished regardless of her sex. That’s all there is to it. And as for the argument saying that the boy has no burden to raise or support the child so it should be OK for an adult F to have sex with a minor M, all I can say is, that is false. Look at this case wherein the gov’t established that fathers are resp. for children financially regardless of how old the father was at conception or under what circumstances the pregnancy took place (ie, stat. rape or not):
http://www.menweb.org/throop/rawdeal/court.html
Again, minors are not on the same moral plane as adults and do not understand the implications of having sex with them. If you can’t see this, then there isn’t much else I can say I suppose to convince anyone. You either see it or you don’t.
Posted by: Matt at July 3, 2004 03:37 PM
Buuuuuut Matt, (grin), I didn
Im an older ex of the 14 year old boy n i believe that hes a straight pimp! Hes always had older girls…and as for Debra–> good luck w/ your husband! You’re very pretty and if your man isn’t helpin you any, find it else where n get a new man!
Sheesh, everybody here gives up too easy. When you start to feel cornered by a questioner you should always ask questions in return. For example, someone should have asked me what I propose.
Alas, since we are talking about age numbers mine will be arbitrary also, but I
But does no one have an opinion on the difference between erotic and sexual. Am I posting to empty space here 🙁
—> Matthew Merchant
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news5.shtml
This should show how lame the laws are. If the two are having sex, and the teacher says stop or no, and the student continues, who is now guilty of rape or assault? The student? The teacher? Or both?
Also, for those who read the Bible, in the OT under God’s law, both the woman and the student would have been stoned.
So none of that excuse the student is not in the same moral plane as the lady. He knew what he was doing. He helped facillate the meetings. He was on top of her (imagine the prosecutor saying she assaulted him sexually as he did her by being on top of her).
The law might say he holds no responsibility for this. The law might say he is a victim. The law says he might be assaulted.
The law in this case is wrong.
Not to mention not so long ago people used to be marry at around the student’s age.
Not to mention not so long ago people used to be marry at around the student’s age.
Debra Lafave has a criminal defense attorney named John M Fitzgibbons. former federal prosecutor, who has argued many high-profile cases, both for the government as well a defense attorney.
will be interesting to see what his tactics are in this case.
he could go to trial and attempt to “prove” Ms Lafave’s behavior was not ‘lewd and lascivious’..
if he were to do so, recommend he move for a change of venue and get the trial moved to Sapulpa, OK with that judge with the AcuJack…
.. talk about “Trial of the Century”
Whaaaat? What about Sapula, OK and what is AcuJack?
These sound like things I should know about… Oh, yeah!
Oklahoma moves to oust accused judge
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)
Shazam!!! We ought to all send him batteries. When a prisoner set Charlie Manson on fire in prison some years ago he received, over a period of week, 150 Bic lighters from police officers around the country.
I feel terrible for Debra’s family and husband.
In a sense, Mr. and Mrs. Beasley have now lost both their daughters; one in a tragic car accident and the other under tragically scandalous circumstances.
I can imagine the Beasley family is reeling with fear, shame and guilt, right now. Fear that they’ll loose Debra for the next 30 years, shame that her behavior is perhaps an example to others of her upbringing and guilt that any parent feels when a child is out of control.
Debra’s public scrutiny is their private agony and it may better serve all of us to bear this in mind before posting scathing comments or sick jokes.
Some simple questions occur to me
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My mom says I should stop posting because I
Marion County arraignment 7/19/2004 @ 1:15 pm.
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“Sex contains all, bodies, souls, meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations, songs, commands, health, pride…, all hopes, benefactions, bestowals, all the passions, loves, beauties, delights of the earth, these are contain’d in sex as parts of itself and justifications of itself. Without shame the man I like knows and avows the deliciousness of his sex. Without shame the woman I like knows and avows hers.”
Walt Witman
Whew, what a Pandora
Debra will you marry me?
she’s pretty damn hot, but even so, why a 14 year old? at least a 16 or 17 year old. i mean, c’mon- if you’re gonna do it, then do it with someone with more raging hormones then a 14 year old. they are practically going into peuberty. plus, 16 and 17 year olds probly whack off to her more than 14 year olds. its simply an age question.
If an 18 year old has sex with a 17 year old the day before their 18th birthday, its Stat Rape, but if they wait that 1 day, its all good…..anyone else find that completely retarded?