A middle school PE teacher in Gentry, Arkansas, has been charged with sexual assault after authorities say that she had an illicit sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 2010.
Leah Queen, 44, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault as well as possession of a controlled substance.
She was arrested last Thursday and bail was set at $50,000. She bonded out of jail on Saturday.
The assault took place in 2010 when Queen befriended the teen at a basketball game. The victim was just 17-years old at the time when she approached him.
Then Queen and the teen boy started to socialize outside of school hours and talked through social media in March 2010. During a school trip in March they engaged in a kiss. The student gave police a picture and a journal that showed Queen present on the trip.
An affidavit states that Queen and the victim began to engage in deviate sexual activity during the summer of 2010. This continued between the victim’s junior and senior years of high school. The sexual assault usually occurred in Queen’s office or in a school bathroom.
The victim told authorities about the sexual relationship last month in August 2022. The teen’s parents, Queen’s ex-husband, and a former colleague of Queen’s corroborated multiple details of the victim’s disclosure.
Queen’s ex-husband said he had witnessed the student and Queen in bed together on multiple occasions. A former colleague had also witnessed the two together at a home owned by the former colleague. The former colleague reported seeing disturbing behavior at the time.
Because Arkansas has no statute of limitations for sexual assault involving a minor, Queen can still face charges for her alleged actions from 12 years ago.
Terrie DePoala, the Superintendent of Gentry Public Schools said, “Queen has been suspended from her teaching position. Thank you for your concern regarding an incident with a teacher. We understand and are also concerned,” the school said in a statement. “At this time, we have no information regarding the incident(s) leading to the charges made. We are aware of no allegations that would impact our current students and families.”
Queen has not yet entered a plea and a future court date has yet to be set.
Queen has declined to give a statement to police. She is facing a charge of felony second-degree sexual assault.
Oh come the hell on…17 years old and it’s been over 12 years.
Yes she was in the wrong, but come tf on
And if it were your 17 year old daughter and an adult male high school coach?
Yeah, just means he’s 29 now Anand needs some money
Funny, when I was in school, there were several teachers I hoped would sexually assault me.
ME TOO.
Damn right. This is a victimless crime. If the kid wasn’t a virgin or even if he was, the thing to do is stretch it out for as long as possible. His street creds would be in orbit with other guys. The charge? “Assault with a FRIENDLY weapon?”
Makes you wonder about the ex-husband if he caught them in bed several times but never said anything
17 years old is still a “minor”; yes, it happened over 12 years ago; the fact remains it’s wrong, it is against the law, she broke the law regardless of whether the student “voluntarily” accepted and participated. It’s bad enough we have some teachers “grooming” our children today and we’ve had some teachers commit crimes against our children in the past, it’s still wrong. As an ex teacher, it can be easy to “succumb” to the “lusting” if you don’t have the Lord in your life. There are times students will “come onto” the teacher, that’s when the “teacher” needs to be the “adult” and put a stop to it right at that moment. I have one question, the ex husband says he saw them on “multiple occasions” in bed together, why didn’t he say something then? It may have been the reason for the divorce, but something should have been reported then. Same with the colleague.
Back when I was in school, this was no big thing. It was not at all unusual for a female student to offer favors for a better grade. At 17, the student knew what he was doing and apparently did it willingly. Since it supposedly occurred on several occasions, that proves he was willing. The fact that her husband (now ex) and others witnessed some of these encounters, yet said NOTHING shows that at the time, no one thought much of it.
A female teacher all but asked my husband to have sex with her. This was while we were still in school, and he and I were engaged. He politely declined, explaining that if it weren’t for the fact that he and I were engaged, he would have taken her up on the offer.
Now, bringing it up 12 years later smells of someone wanting revenge (ex husband maybe) and convincing others to go along. I say, leave this teacher alone.
Who cares I dated a teacher when I was in high school!
It’s called sex education. Lucky guy. Plenty old enough to know what he was doing….and enjoying.
So much for WOKE training. Grooming kids for abuse. We saw this coming. There will be more count on it. Thamk you Democrates.