California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student’s baby

REDLANDS, Calif. — A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the newest lawsuit involving a teacher who become pregnant by means of one among a minimum of two scholars she was once accused of sexually abusing.

The agreement brings to $8.25 million the quantity paid by means of Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst’s sufferers since her 2013 arrest, the Southern California News Group reported Sunday.

In August 2016, the district agreed to pay $6 million to a former pupil who impregnated Whitehust whilst she was once his teacher.

The newest lawsuit was once filed in 2021 by means of some other former pupil who alleged he was once preyed upon and sexually abused at Redlands High School by means of Whitehurst in 2007 and 2008 when he was once 14, in accordance to the plaintiff’s lawyer, Morgan Stewart. Whitehurst admitted to police in 2013 she had intercourse with the formative years 10 to 15 instances in her lecture room and at her rental, a police file mentioned.

Redlands Unified spokesperson Christine Stephens mentioned Friday that the district was once conscious about the hot agreement, however may no longer remark due to confidentiality agreements.

In the opposite lawsuit, the boy who fathered Whitehurst’s kid alleged that Redlands Unified officers knew of his dating with the teacher and failed to warn his circle of relatives.

Whitehurst gave delivery in 2014 after having intercourse with the boy for a yr, beginning when he was once 16.

Whitehurst, who taught English and was once a football trainer, pleaded in charge to illegal intercourse with 3 former scholars. She served six months in prison and registered as a intercourse wrongdoer.