‘I was not aware he was a minor until yesterday’: Teacher charged with myriad crimes after allegedly sharing nudes and explicit videos with 16-year-old student
Date Shared:
November 3rd, 2023
Date Released:
October 25th, 2023
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Rikki Lynn Laughlin, 25, stands accused of one count each of possession of child pornography, tampering with a witness, tampering with physical evidence, attempted statutory rape in the second degree, promoting obscenity in the first degree, and furnishing pornographic materials to a minor, authorities said.
According to the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, the illicit relationship largely consisted of the teacher pursuing the student while the student hesitated and made excuses not to engage with her.
The teacher requested nude pictures from him, sent him nude pictures, and sent him a video of herself using a dildo, the student alleged.
The student provided the teacher with the photos she requested, authorities allege. At some point, though, Laughlin allegedly told the student that people at the school were beginning to talk – and asked him to delete the content she had sent him – because she might go to jail. The boy allegedly deleted some content but showed detectives some of the photos, officials said.
On Oct. 14, Laughlin allegedly invited the 16-year-old to her residence to have sex while her husband was out of town. But the boy “made excuses for not meeting with Laughlin because he did not feel comfortable,” a detective wrote in the probable cause affidavit.
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