July 1, 2004 4:34 AM

Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener

Reading Teacher Booked: Woman, 23, busted for "encounters" with boy, 14

DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener #113: Debra Lafave

Hot for teacher, indeed. This is like every teenage boy's fantasy, right? I know it was mine when I was in 10th grade and wanted to do my homeroom teacher in the worst way. Of course, being terrified of anything female at that point in my life, Mrs. Arnold was in no danger. Of course, if Ms. Lafave had been my homeroom teacher, Mohammed might have come to the mountain.

JUNE 28--Meet Debra Lafave. The 23-year-old Florida teacher is facing a host of felony charges for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old male student. According to investigators, Lafave met the boy at Greco Middle School--where she taught reading--and had sex with him in her classroom, Isuzu SUV, and Tampa-area home. A probable cause affidavit prepared by the Marion County Sheriff's Office details Lafave's alleged involvement with the boy, who was interviewed by cops (as was his cousin, who was present for two of the auto encounters).

According to the affidavit--portions of which were redacted by investigators--Lafave told the boy that she was "turned on by the fact that having sexual relations with him was not allowed." Since the incidents occurred in different jurisdictions, Lafave has been named in two separate criminal complaints. As such, she has posed for two booking photos: the below left mug shot was snapped at the Marion County lockup, while the picture at right was taken by Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies.

Of course, the reality is that there is nothing funny about this, no matter how many leering asides I might make. This is yet another case of an adult with boundary issues taking sexual advantage of a teenager who by all rights should not have had this choice thrust upon, no matter how much he may profess to have enjoyed it.

This does raise another issue: can ANY sexual encounter between an adult and a child be defined as consensual? Do we accept the assertion that a 14-year-old boy is capable of sorting out the issues associated with engaging in sexual relations with an adult? And who is in the position of power? I would submit that in this case, it was Ms. DUMB@$$...er, Lafave.

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