Teacher jailed for five years after giving birth to student's child

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 15:38 · Archive

A former New Jersey teacher has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a 13-year-old student and giving birth to his child.

Laura Caron, 36, a former elementary school teacher in New Jersey, pleaded guilty on 28 October to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct. She was sentenced to five years in state prison under a plea agreement. Caron taught the boy and his brother fifth grade at Middle Township Elementary School in Cape May Court House. According to prosecutors, she had inappropriate sexual relations with her former pupil beginning when he was 11 in 2016, continuing until he was 15. She gave birth to a daughter in 2019 when the boy was 13.

The abuse remained secret until December 2024, when the boy's father noticed a resemblance between Caron's child, himself and his son in a Facebook photo. Investigators uncovered allegations that the victim's brother once witnessed Caron sexually assaulting his sleeping sibling, and that the victim's sister recalled waking to find him in Caron's bed. The New York Post reports that the victim, now about 21, has defended Caron and said he initiated the relationship. 'They need to drop all charges. I wasn't groomed or raped or manipulated by her. She never initiated anything,' he told the Daily Mail.

How it is being reported

• NJ teacher who had baby with 13-year-old student pleads guilty — despite victim defending herFormer South Jersey teacher Laura Caron pleaded guilty to second degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct on Oct. 28, which carries a sentence of five years in prison. The child is now five and the student/father has defended her actions.New York Post · 31 Oct, 15:24
• Female teacher, 36, is jailed for just five years after she admitted giving birth to 13-year-old student's childLaura Caron, 36, pled guilty to having sex with a teenage student and bearing his child in a New Jersey courtroom on Wednesday.Daily Mail · 31 Oct, 13:17

In this story: Laura Caron · New Jersey · Middle Township Elementary School · Cape May Court House

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