Teacher Helen Goddard, The Jazz Lady, Arrested For Lesbian Affair

by Jon Azpiri | September 21, 2009 at 03:03 pm
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Helen Goddard, a music teacher in Greenwich, England, received a 15-month jail sentence for having a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old student. The 26-year-old teacher pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual activity with a female child under 16.

Goddard, who students referred to as the Jazz Lady, had a five-month affair with the female student. The two the student  reportedly met over coffee after classes. Goddard claims the student initiated the relationship and was "pressured" into the relationship.

Helen Goddard and the female student had a five-month sexual relationship. The two even spent a weekend in Paris and attended a Gay Pride parade together.  Their relationship was exposed by an anonymous e-mail sent to school officials. 

The judge admitted that the Helen Goddard student affair appeared to be consensual, but that Goddard had violated the trust of her student and the student's family. 

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