ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2005
Blackmail In Teacher Sex Scandal?
Blog Claims 2 Male Teens Blackmailed Her Into Having Sex
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Play CBS Video Video Twist In Teacher Sex Scandal Albany District Attorney David Soares tells The Early Show about a twist in the case of Beth Geisel, an upstate New York teacher charged with raping a 16-year-old student.
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Sandra "Beth" Geisel walks past media as she turns herself in to police (AP)
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The ex-Christian Brothers Academy teacher, Sandra "Beth" Geisel, 42 and the mother of four, is charged in the statutory rape of a 16-year-old male in May.
The CBA fired Geisel on June 10 after, it's been reported, she was caught having sex in a car with another 17-year-old student.
Now, a blog claims two male CBA students used blackmail to coerce her into having sex with them.
Albany County, N.Y., District Attorney David Soares told co-anchor Julie Chen on The Early Show Wednesday that the investigation of the case is "progressing splendidly."
But Soares adds it's "very troubling that someone would put information (about the blackmail allegations) of a confidential nature on a Web site.
"Obviously, people who engage in this activity are not professional reporters. Professional reporters understand the ethical obligation of not putting out information that is confidential and information that would otherwise compromise a case. Therefore, the person who is responsible for this blog is not a sophisticated reporter, and it is a shame and I think an embarrassment."
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