Jill Lamontagne (above in arrest photo), 29, has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges in Maine
A married health teacher in Maine has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges after being accused of repeatedly having sex with her 17-year-old student.
Jill Lamontagne, 29, has been charged with six counts of gross sexual assault, two counts of unlawful sexual contact, and six counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Kennebunk on Wednesday.
The mother-of-two was released on $1,000 bail and is scheduled to be in York County Superior Court on December 22.
‘The indictment was the culmination of an investigation into a relationship Lamontagne allegedly had with a juvenile, male student while she was a teacher at the school,’ Kennebunk Deputy Chief of Police Michael Nugent said Wednesday, Seacoast Online reported.
The claims against her came to light in mid-June after the alleged victim attempted to commit suicide.
In June, a district court judge barred the former Kennebunk High School teacher from making any contact with the student for two years because of the sexual abuse complaint.
The married mother of two (pictured) was charged with six counts of gross sexual assault, two counts of unlawful sexual contact, and six counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Kennebunk. She is accused of repeatedly having sex with her 17-year-old student
Lamontagne, who has been married for six years and has two young children, a son and daughter, was placed on administrative leave from the school on June 12, after the student’s family contacted school officials claiming that he had had sexual contact with the teacher, reported the Portland Press Herald.
According to court documents filed by the student’s mother requesting a protection order, her son was hospitalized in Maine Medical Center on June 9 after ingesting a cocktail of medications in a failed attempt to end his life, including ibuprofen, Tylenol, cold medicine and a blood thinner.
The next day, the boy confided in his aunt that he and his teacher, Lamontange, have been involved in a sexual relationship, and that he was ‘so sorry for all the bad things he did’.
Rumors had been swirling about the boy and Lamontagne for some time, but he had previously denied them, according to Journal Tribune.
‘He said he loved her, he said it happened numerous times, in the classroom, at her house, in her car. She told him that she hadn’t had a sexual relationship in two years,’ his mother stated in the court papers.
The alleged victim’s mother wrote in a protection order request that Lamontagne (pictured with her husband and son) told him she hadn’t had a sexual relationship in two years
The 17-year-old boy told his aunt after his failed suicide attempt that he and Lamontagne (pictured with her family) allegedly had sexual contact involving oral sex and ‘other stuff’ in class, in her home and in her car
The 17-year-old student claimed that Lamontagne performed oral sex on him, and that ‘other stuff happened’ between them as well.
According to the court filing, one sexual encounter took place when Lamontagne instructed him to come over to her home, and that the two of them ‘fooled around’.
The complaint states the student said he felt ‘used’ by Lamontagne, but wanted to carry on with their affair and did not want her to go to prison.
Superintendent of Regional School Unit 21 Katie Hawes said Lamontagne had taught at Kennebunk High School for five years.
She was first placed on administrative leave while the school district investigated the claims against her.
But she resigned from her position as a teacher at the school. Her resignation was accepted by the school’s board of directors on September 18.
Lamontagne had been teaching health at her alma mater, Kennebunk High School (pictured), for five years after a two-year stint as an education technician. She resigned from her job in September and will appear in court in December
According to Lamontagne’s personal teaching blog, the 29-year-old wife and mother earned her Bachelor’s degree in health sciences from the University of Southern Maine in 2010, followed by a Master’s degree in inclusion education from the University of New England in 2013.
She was hired straight out of college to work as an education technician at her alma mater, Kennebunk High School, and in 2012 she took the position of lead health teacher.
Lamontagne, a self-described sports fan and half-marathon runner, also coached girls’ baseball and softball at the local middle school.
Under a rubric titled ‘Mission Statement’ on her blog, Lamontagne wrote: ‘My mission is to be an exceptional role model for my students. As a health teacher, I educate students about many aspects of their lives/lifestyles and I believe that I need to practice what I preach.
‘To be successful in teaching students about these very sensitive topics, I am trustworthy, honest and reliable. I strive to be all of these things, along with kind, healthy and responsible so that I am a great role model and mentor for my students.’