Rachel Respess
Shelley Dufresne
A 34-year-old Louisiana high school teacher and her colleague have been arrested for allegedly having a threesome with a 16-year-old student after a football game last month.
Shelley Dufresne, of Montz, a married English teacher working at Destrehan High School, and her 24-year-old colleague Rachel Respess were charged Wednesday with carnal knowledge of a juvenile stemming from the September 12 incident.
Kenner Police Chief Michael Glaser said Respess invited Shelley and the 16-year-old to her home in the 1300 block of West Esplanade Avenue for a group tryst after the Destrehan-Helen Cox High School football game.
Love nest: Police say Repess invited her friend Dufresne and their underage lover to her home (pictured) in the 1300 block of West Esplanade Avenue in Kenner for group sex
Detectives are now looking into rumors that the trio made a sex tape during their encounter.
Former students also told police that the trio have been involved in a sexual relationship for some time now.
After police learned of the allegations, they interviewed the student, who is now 17 years old, according to Nola.com.
The teen insisted that the sexual escapade was consensual. The age of consent in Louisiana is 17, and the victim was 16 at the time of the encounter with the teachers.
If convicted, the teachers could face up to 17-and-a-half years in prison.
‘No matter what sex the victim is, everyone should be outraged,' Glaser said. ‘You have an educator. Their responsibility is the safety and the education of children.
'They should have known better.’
According to the police chief, Dufresne and Respess have been friends and both had taught the victim.
Dufrense was his teacher until this week, and he was in Respess' English class last year.
During questioning, Glaser said Repsess 'almost' came clean about her affair with the boy but stopped short of a full confession.
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