Charges For Sex With Multiple Students, Math Teacher Miscalculates

"The court papers contain allegations of naked bathtub photos, suggestive text messages and furtive kisses -- along with sexual acts in a locked classroom.

Those are among the accusations leveled against Meredith Powell, a 24-year-old Lincoln math teacher who pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of third-degree child rape and one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.

Powell was charged as a result of alleged incidents that took place with three male students who attend the Tacoma school.

Tacoma police began investigating this week after learning that Powell wrote a letter to one boy's girlfriend apologizing for "promiscuous" and "unprofessional" drunken text messages she exchanged with one of the boys."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Debbie Cafazzo and Stacia Glenn / The News Tribune:


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