If only Tenaya Jr. High School teachers could marry.

There seem to be an awful lot of these cases lately, and quite a number that hit close to home.

//A former Fresno middle school teacher, who was described as being too friendly with students, will stand trial on three felony charges in connection with an alleged affair with a 14-year-old student last year, a judge ruled Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court.

Judge Gary Hoff made his decision after a Fresno police detective testified that Justine Karen Nelson admitted to giving oral sex to a 14-year-old male student two or three times inside her classroom at Tenaya Middle School after school. Nelson also admitted to sending the boy nude photographs of herself, Detective Sylvia Martinez told the judge.

But defense attorney Roger Nuttall, who is defending Nelson, said the alleged victim used “psychological and emotional manipulation” to force Nelson into the sex acts. “He threatened to ruin her life,” Nuttall said.//

And:

//Martinez verified much of Nuttall’s account on the witness stand. Martinez testified she interviewed Nelson for nearly two hours at Tenaya Middle School in September. The detective said Nelson admitted to giving the alleged victim oral sex after Nelson said he demanded it. Nelson also admitted to sending nude photographs of herself to the alleged victim after Nelson said he demanded them, Martinez said.

The detective said Nelson was crying during the interview, apologized for her conduct and said it was a lapse of judgment. But on the way to the police station, Martinez said, Nelson started joking about what she had done. According to Martinez, Nelson said: “Oops, I shouldn’t have done that.”//

What do we think of the "The Kids Made Me Do It" defense?