Female Teacher Charged With “Having Sex” With Multiple Students, Tries to Commit Suicide

A high school teacher and cheerleading coach faces up to 30 years in jail after she was accused of having sex with three students.

Michelle Preston, 27, of Shawnee Mission West High School, in Kansas, was charged with three counts of having unlawful sexual relations between September and December 2010.

Naked photos of Preston, who taught psychology and geography, as well as freshman cheerleading, were being circulated by the students after the details of the affairs emerged.

Though the sex between the students was consensual and they were not underage, District Attorney Steve Howe said the married teacher violated the trust of her students even if the relationship was consensual and all three students were over the age of 17 (the legal age of consent).

When Michelle Preston was placed on administrative leave and the criminal inquiry began, she was involved in a serious car accident after she allegedly tried to drive her SUV off a cliff. She suffered serious injuries after her car vaulted off an embankment coming to rest under a bridge. It was only due to the SUV’s On-Star system calling emergency dispatchers that she was located. Once she came out of hospital, she was arrested and released on bond.

She faces a court appearance next week.

Students at the school said that the supposed naked pictures of Michelle Preston circulated around the school quickly, but are unsure whether or not they are fake, because the face is unrecognizable.

Student Max Price told reporters, he was sent the pictures on his cellphone more than once but deleted them every time. He says, “It’s going around real fast. She drove off a cliff, I guess, trying to kill herself, so nothing good is coming out of this. I heard she was a good teacher, she made the class very interesting.”