11/05/2012

Substitute teacher: 14-year-old got me pregnant

By Sevil Omer, NBC News

A 35-year-old Texas woman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy and then claiming to be pregnant from the relationship may have worked as a substitute teacher at least once in the boy's classroom, a school official said.

Bexar County Sheriff's Office

Amanda Sotelo, a resident of Von Ormy, was booked into a Bexar County jail on Nov. 1 on a charge of indecency with a child, according to KSAT-TV in San Antonio. Bond was set at $75,000.

Attempts by NBC News to reach officials at Bexar County Sheriff's Office were not successful Monday.


School district officials learned of the allegations Oct. 31 after the boy's mother alerted them of the relationship, Anne Marie Espinoza, spokeswoman for the Southwest Independent School District in San Antonio, told KSAT-TV.

KSAT-TV account of the arrest warrant:

Sotelo told them she and the teen would meet in her home, at first, to discuss their problems. The relationship, she said, turned sexual in July, with them having sex about once a week.

Sotelo said she learned she was pregnant during a visit to a hospital emergency room in early September.

"She's in jail but that's about the only thing we've heard. We've got a lot of family problems going on right now," Johnny Lopez, Sotelo's son-in-law, told KSAT.com.

Lopez said Sotelo is married, and her husband was out of town. They have other children.

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Espinoza confirmed that Sotelo had worked as a substitute in several of the district's schools, and possibly, substituted at least once in the boy's classroom, KSAT.com reported.

Esponiza told NBC News district officials refused to further comment.

"The district learned of an allegation of inappropriate behavior of a substitute with a high school student," said the district in a emailed statement. "The district immediately took appropriate actions to ensure the substitute was not on any campus pending an investigation. The district made contact with appropriate agencies including law enforcement. The substitute is no longer employed by the district."

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