A teenager who was molested by a sex-crazed female teacher ended up taking his owner life after feeling ‘humiliated’. Corbin Madison, 18, was one of four pupils abused by Tennille Whitaker. He was found with a gunshot wound in a truck one year after the married Nevada teacher was arrested.
Corbin’s father, Terry, is now suing education bosses for allegedly letting her get away with the sexual acts not just with his son but other students too.
The lawsuit claims Corbin killed himself because of the ‘depression, humiliation and embarrassment’ triggered after being eploited and exposed by Whitaker according to The Elko Daily Free Press.
The mother-of-two was jailed for 20 years last October on four counts of sexual conduct between a school employee and a pupil.
It emerged how she managed to abuse her victims by setting up a ‘private reading area’ in her classroom that could not be seen from the hallway or any outside windows.
Whitaker had sex with four boys, who were all minors, and assign them jobs as aides. She would then have sex with the students during a non-teaching hour.
Another victim, Brennen Hooper, told how a school worker caught Whitaker sitting on his knee.
That lawsuit accuses Elko County School District of a ‘failure to address, prevent and/or remove known sexual predators from its ranks.’
It also 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.’
McAnany had been given warnings by a school district director, a custodial worker, a parent and two teachers.
The lawsuit says school officials ‘intentionally ignored multiple complaints regarding Whitaker that allowed Whitaker to sexually harass, molest and abuse children for several years.’
She gave them gifts, provided at least one alcohol in exchange for sexual gratification both on and off campus and sometimes drove them to hotels, the lawsuit said.
As a result, the victims suffered fear, anxiety, mental and emotional distress, embarrassment, lack of self-esteem, disgrace and humiliation. One was so traumatized he moved away from Wells days after his high school graduation last year and in August 2018 killed himself.
The lawsuit is seeking a total of $45,000 in damages.
