What does the complaint of its victims say?
A former teacher from Alabama , who had previously been named “Teacher of the Year” at the High School where she worked, ended her life two days after she was arrested for “having sex with two underage students”.
According to the New York Post , citing an AL.com report, 44-year-old Leslie Gillespie was found dead at her home in Hillsborough last Saturday. The woman is believed to have shot herself with a carbine some 24 hours after she was arrested for raping two students. The victims were attending RA Hubbard High School and at the time of the alleged sexual abuse were 15 and 16 years old, the newspaper points out.
Although the final autopsy report has not yet been announced, all indications are that the 44-year-old’s death was the result of suicide.
The philologist was released on $ 60,000 bail after her arrest . A teenager who complained to the teacher claimed that he and other people met Gillespie in the classroom after sex, and that they had sex , according to court documents published by waff.com. The controversial meeting reportedly took place in September 2020, a year after the 44-year-old was named “Teacher of the Year” at the school.
A few days before the 44-year-old was found dead, the head of school supervision in Lawrence County had confirmed the arrest of a teacher in the area and had vowed that his service would make every effort to shed light on the case.
