Female teacher caught sexting a student pleads guilty and is banned from teaching in the US for life

A female teacher in Kentucky was caught sexting a student — and will reportedly be banned from teaching in the United States as part of her plea deal. Rachel Clement, 29, a former Henderson County High School teacher, is accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a student after an investigation was launched in May, according to The Hendersonian.Henderson Circuit Judge Karen Wilson accepted Clement’s guilty pleas to two counts of first-degee sexual abuse with a position of authority or special trust and one count of tampering with physical evidence, the local publication reported Monday.As part of the plea agreement, Clement will never be allowed to teach within the US again and must register as a sex offender on the national sex registry for life.The ex-teacher is also required to have no contact with her victim or his family as well as the school district, according to 14 News.Clement was busted after a report was made to high school officials in May, who then contacted the cops, the publication previously reported. She was immediately removed from the school — and remains banned from school district property — while her contract expired the following month.The teacher was initially slapped with two counts of unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited actions and first-degree sexual abuse and tampering with physical evidence.She had pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in June. However, prosecutors amended Clement’s charges as part of the deal to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse with a position of authority or special trust — and dropped the initial first-degree sex abuse charge, The Hendersonian reported, according to Henderson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Herb McKee Jr.Clement was slated to go to trial on Friday.McKee said he met with the victim and his family, Henderson Police Department detectives and the school district — all of whom agreed with the recommendations.“We...