Teacher Gets 3 Years for Sex with Female Student

(Franklin, Tennessee) After pleading guilty to four counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, 35-year-old Heather Thorsby was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $12,574 in court costs.

Thorsby's sentence starts August 20th. She will be eligible for parole after serving 11 months.

Thorsby and the student formed a friendship as the girl was looking at colleges, according to a written statement the girl gave to police.

Thorsby and the girl went to Memphis in November 2006 and stayed in a two-bedroom hotel room, where their sexual relationship began.

"I was giving her a back massage and one thing led to another," the girl wrote. "It was mutual contact between both of us."

The girl repeatedly told police that Thorsby never forced her to have sexual contact.

Heh, it started with a back rub. Nevertheless, forced or consensual, it's a crime. As a result, Thorsby gets prison and a listing on the state sexual offender registry.


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Teacher Indicted for Sex with Female Student
[Previous 11/13/07 post bumped]
(Franklin, Tennessee) In May 2007, a 34-year-old art teacher at Franklin High School, Heather Thorsby, was arrested for allegedly engaging in a sex with a female student.

The student's parents discovered the relationship and notified the school.

Thorsby was charged with sexual battery by an authority figure. The school system has suspended her without pay. Thorsby was booked into the Williamson County Jail.

Prosecutors presented the Thorsby case to a grand jury on November 5th and, subsequently, she was indicted on three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and two counts of exploitation of a minor by electronic means.

Thorsby is free on $10,000 bail.