According to court documents, teacher Thao Doan was charged with sexual assault after engaging in alleged sexual activity with a student.
But here’s the crazier part:
Doan’s student blackmailed his former middle school teacher for nearly $ 28,000 by threatening to expose their alleged sexual relationship.
The boy’s mom suspected they had an inappropriate relationship, according to a police affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News.
The mother first raised concerns about Doan this month, saying that she noticed the educator gave her son “large amounts of money.”
Money used it for “illegal purposes,” the affidavit states, and she found electronic evidence that this is precisely what was going on.
She even showed school officials screen shots of her son’s texts demanding money from Doan and her replies that she didn’t have any.
The boy said in a threatening message to Doan that he was going to gather photos to show police if she didn’t come up with the money.
It’s not clear if he actually had any pictures.
Doan eventually confessed to police that she communicated with the student over Instagram and other social media platforms in 2015.
They went on to have sex at a park that summer.
From there, the scandalous pair began having sex during November and December, according to the affidavit, until January 2016.
At that point, the 27-year-old told police she began receiving threatening messages from an unknown person using multiple numbers.
The caller would ask about drop-off sites for payments they demanded, and the suspect was fairly easily identified by officials investigating.
Given the circumstances? Not surprising.
Doan, who is also listed as the school’s cross country coach, according to the school district’s website, was released after posting bail.
The Dallas Independent School District did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the teacher or the student.