Teacher Who Had Baby with Student, 13, Pleads Guilty as Her Victim Defends the Relationship

A former elementary school teacher who gave birth to a child fathered by her underage ex-student has pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct charges — while her victim claimed he started the relationship and wanted her charges dropped.

Laura Caron, 36, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced in a statement Friday.

She taught him in fifth grade. At 13, he became the father of her child.

Former New Jersey teacher Laura Caron, 35, pleaded guilty to child endangerment involving sexual conduct.

The abuse allegedly began when he was 11. Now an adult, he defends her.

She faces a recommended five-year prison sentence. https://t.co/c6mtmgJTgb

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Even under her plea agreement, she could still face five years in prison when sentenced.

Caron first met the boy, born in 2005, when she taught him and his brother fifth grade at Middle Township Elementary School in Cape May Court House, according to the New York Post. (Read more from “Teacher Who Had Baby with Student, 13, Pleads Guilty as Her Victim Defends the Relationship” HERE)