A Florida teacher and her 58-year-old boyfriend have been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
Kimberly
Honaker, 48, had been charged on Saturday with child neglect for
allegedly failing to intervene to stop Robert Pruitt sexually abusing a
child.
But
on Tuesday Honaker, who has been suspended from the middle school she
worked at for 17 years, was arrested again over claims that she had also
molested the young girl.
When the
language teacher was arrested for a second time, she was charged with
lewd molestation and the use of a child in a sexual performance.
The couple's alleged victim has been put in the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Pruitt had
moved in with Honaker, who he has known for years, in May. Police
described the house they shared as being filthy and containing 20 dogs.
Honaker,
a mom to twin girls, has been banned from the school campus and is
expected to have her pay suspended at the next school meeting, a
district spokesman told the Orlando Sentinel.
Police
said that the alleged abuse did not take place at the school Honaker
works at, but its principal released a statement to students' families
earlier this week, announcing the arrest.
'You
may see media reports regarding one of our teachers who was arrested
this past weekend for a situation unrelated to any of the duties the
teacher performed here at our school.
'The teacher has not returned to school since the arrest. We are cooperating fully with law enforcement,' the statement said.
Police told Click Orlando
that Pruitt's ex-wife had kicked him out of their home earlier this
year after suspecting him of having a sexual relationship with a
13-year-old.
He then moved in with Honaker, who is accused of allowing the abuse to continue over the next few weeks.
Honaker and Pruitt are being held without bail at the Orange County Jail.
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