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Christine Jouini
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June 6, 2008
A Lauderhill woman who taught
11th and 12th graders at a private Coral Springs school was arrested
Friday after police learned she had been involved in a sexual
relationship with one of her male students for more than a year,
authorities said.
Christine Brown Jouini, 38, a
teacher at the Center Academy in Coral Springs, is accused of
repeatedly having sex with the student at her former apartment in
Margate and other locations off campus between June 2006 and September
2007, police said.
Jouini, who faces three counts
of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, is being held in the Broward
County Jail without bond.
"It was consensual," said
Margate police spokesman Chip Kolenda. "It wasn't until our detectives
spoke to him that he admitted to the relationship. He never actually
came forward."
The Center Academy, at 4700
Riverside Drive, is described as a "small, safe, accredited college
prep environment for students who have fallen behind or who want to
get ahead," according to the school's Web site.
The school has been
family-operated since 1968, and is one of 13 in Florida, the Web site
said.
School director Gail Levy could
not be reached for comment Friday, despite repeated attempts by phone.
Margate police began their
investigation after the victim recently confided to another teacher
that he had previously had a sexual relationship with Jouini, Kolenda
said.
That teacher notified the state
child abuse hotline, Kolenda said.
According to police, the boy
said the relationship began when he was 16 years old.
He said he and Jouini had
"sexual contact" more than 100 times and he visited her apartment
almost every day for almost a year, staying overnight when her husband
was not home, according to a police affidavit.
Jouini introduced the boy to
neighbors as her brother, the affidavit said.
During their investigation,
detectives located several witnesses who had seen the student and
Jouini together, away from school and also at her residence, Kolenda
said.
Jouini turned herself in to
Margate police on Friday without incident, Kolenda said.
Source:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-606margateteacher,0,320101.story?track=rss
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