Teen who fathered his teacher's baby sues school district over negligence after his molester is released from jail six months early

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'A California teen who fathered a baby with his high school teacher has filed a civil lawsuit against the convicted child molester and the school district where she worked.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of the now 18-year-old student alleges that the Redlands Unified School District and Citrus Valley High School were negligent and complicit in the victim’s abuse at the hands of 29-year-old Laura Whitehurst.

‘Children in California, children in Redlands should not be a sex toy for their teacher,’ said one of the boy’s attorneys, John Manly.
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Faced with a 29-year prison sentence, the former AP English teacher pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful sex with a minor and two counts of oral copulation with a minor in exchange for the dismissal of the other charges against her.

Whitehurst was sentenced to a year in prison in August, but was released last month after serving only six months.

She will remain on probation for five years and must register as a sex offender for life. The plea deal also mandates that Whitehurst undergo counselling.

The 29-year-old former educator gave birth last June to a daughter fathered by her student, who shares custody with her.

In the 40-page lawsuit unveiled this week, the attorneys for the victim, named John BB Doe in the complaint, claim that Whitehurst's superiors had reason to believe that the woman was sexually abusing her students, but failed to alert their families and police, Courthouse News Service reported.

The suit also alleges that Whitehurst’s colleague, soccer coach Sarah Seevers, knew about her illicit affair with the 16-year-old but kept mum.'