Tampa- New Internet photos of a Florida middle-school teacher embroiled in a sex scandal appeared Thursday. Debra Beasley LaFave, 23, is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student.
The photos have turned up online, from Makes and Models, a high-end car-and-motorcycle magazine.
In the photos, LaFave poses with various vehicles, including one photo in which she is wearing a bikini.
Other images that appeared on TV news broadcasts Thursday morning were pictures taken from La Fave’s wedding video.
LaFave is accused of having sex with a student during a road trip from Tampa to Ocala, Fla. If convicted, LaFave could get up to 15 years in prison on each of five counts against her.
Police in Tampa said LaFave also had sex with the boy in a classroom, her apartment and in her SUV while the boy’s 15-year-old cousin drove.
Her lawyer had no comment.
The boy told investigators that he and LaFave got to know each other during a class trip last month. She allegedly told him that her months-old marriage was in trouble, and she was attracted to him because having sex with him was forbidden. Their sexual relationship allegedly began June 3.
LaFave had been teaching reading. She worked with the Hillsborough County school system for two years. Now she’s on administrative duty and could be suspended without pay.