Guilty! Jason Edward Meyers, Pinecrest, Florida (arrested Feb 2016) [sex w/several students]

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    Jury orders Miami-Dade School Board to pay $6M to student in teacher sex-abuse case

    A federal jury has ordered the Miami-Dade School Board to pay $6 million to a former student of an ex-Palmetto High teacher accused of harassing and sexually abusing a string of female students. In a verdict late Friday, jurors concluded the school district, despite multiple warnings, did nothing to stop Jason Edward Meyers, a creative writing teacher. The verdict found Meyers “posed a substantial risk of sexual abuse or harassment to female students,” yet the district was “deliberately indifferent” in how it handled the accusations. The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of an unidentified student in 2019. It was ...


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    Woman Who Claims Teacher Sexually Abused Her Says District Needs to Protect Students

    A woman who claims her teacher sexually abused her while she was a student says Miami-Dade County Public Schools needs to make changes to stop the sexual abuse of students. “We are not really seeing change as far as who is protecting kids and what else they should be doing,” said a woman whose name NBC 6 is keeping confidential. The woman’s message comes after a jury gave her $6 million dollars after it ruled the school system didn’t protect her, and as another Miami Dade teacher was just charged with sexually abusing a student. Brittiny Lopez-Murray was the drama ...


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    Former Miami-Dade teacher appears in court ahead of sexual battery trial

    Former Miami-Dade County public school teacher Jason Meyers appeared in court Thursday, at which time it was announced that his sexual battery trial will begin on Jan. 23. Meyers, now 47, was arrested nearly seven years ago in February 2016 on a charge of sexual battery on a minor after he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. The student told police that she had sex with Meyers over the course of two months after school in his classroom. Meyers, whose wife was pregnant with their fourth child at the time of his arrest, ...


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    Jury selection begins in trial of former Miami-Dade teacher charged with sexual battery

    Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former Miami-Dade County teacher who is accused of having sex with one of his students. This is not the first time that teacher has been accused of inappropriate behavior. Local 10 News is hearing from a young woman who says she was also victimized by the educator. Potential jurors were questioned one by one regarding what they might know about the former Miami Palmetto Senior High School English teacher. Juror No. 5 told the judge her daughter and her friends were students at Palmetto and were not surprised. Brad Horenstein, ...


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    Jury seated in sexual battery trial of former Miami-Dade teacher

    On Tuesday, as jury selection continued, attorneys for former Miami-Dade teacher Jason Meyers cited a Local 10 News report from the previous day in having a prospective juror dismissed from the pool before attorneys were able to whittle it down by the early evening hours. Meyers, a former English teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School is on trial after police accused him of having sex with a 17-year-old student. He was arrested nearly seven years ago. On Monday, Local 10 News reported that Juror No. 5 told the judge that her daughter and her friends were students at Palmetto ...


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    Trial begins for former Miami-Dade teacher accused of sex with student

    The trial against Jason Meyers, a former Miami Palmetto Senior High School teacher, accused of having sex with an underage student began Wednesday with opening statements. Meyers, 47, was arrested back in February of 2016 after he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. Now, we're hearing from the victim for the first time. The victim, now 24, who we are not identifying, took the stand recounting how the sexual interactions between her and Meyers came to be." Meyers worked at Palmetto High as an English teacher. A police report said Meyers had two ...


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    7 Years After Arrest, Trial of Ex-Miami-Dade Teacher Accused of Sex with Student Begins

    Nearly seven years after a former Miami-Dade high school teacher was arrested and accused of having sex with an underage student, his trial officially began Wednesday. Jason Meyers, 47, is facing three counts of sexual activity with a minor by a person in custodial authority following his February 2016 arrest. Meyers was teaching creative writing at Miami Palmetto Senior High School when a student who was 17 at the time said Meyers had sex with her inside his classroom. Meyers has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing as the case has been stalled for years by Meyers' change in defense attorneys and ...


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    Accuser takes stand in teacher sex case: ‘He suggested sex as a way to elevate my writing’

    Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of a former Miami-Dade high school teacher who is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student. Jason Meyers, 47, a former English teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, who taught creative writing, was arrested nearly seven years ago. His accuser, now 24, took the stand after attorneys made their opening statements. “He suggested sex as a way to elevate my writing,” the woman, whom Local 10 News is not identifying, said. She testified a crush to sex with Meyers and detailed allegations of sexually explicit poetry, locked doors, oral sex and ...


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    WATCH LIVE: Trial of former Miami-Dade teacher accused of sex with student continues

    The trial of a former Miami-Dade high school teacher who is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student continued Thursday with further testimony. Jason Meyers, 47, a former English teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, who taught creative writing, was arrested nearly seven years ago. His accuser, whom Local 10 News isn’t identifying, and her best friend testified Thursday, along with another woman who says she’s a victim. “Over the course of time, I really questioned how much of anything he said was authentic and how much of that was because he had a plan,” the accuser testified ...


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    Testimony continues in trial of former South Florida teacher accused of inappropriate interactions with female students

    A former teacher was back in court, facing his accuser years after he was arrested for betraying the trust of his students. “It’s impacted every day of my life for the last, nearly seven years, and it’s been difficult,” said the alleged victim. A woman continued her emotional testimony Thursday, accusing her former high school teacher of sexually abusing her when she was a student. The victim described why she decided to speak out about the incident in a Miami courtroom. “When everything’s going on, yes, there were things that were wrong and they were inappropriate, and I knew that, ...


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    Student Who Accused Ex-Miami-Dade Teacher of Having Sex With Her Takes Stand at Trial

    A former student who accused her South Florida high school teacher of having sex with her in his classroom took the stand again at his Miami-Dade trial Thursday. Jason Meyers, 47, is facing three counts of sexual activity with a minor by a person in custodial authority following his February 2016 arrest. Meyers was teaching English and creative writing at Miami Palmetto Senior High School when the student who was 17 at the time said Meyers had sex with her inside his classroom. Meyers has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing as the case has been stalled for years by Meyers' change ...


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    Student Who Accused Ex-Miami-Dade Teacher of Having Sex With Her Takes Stand at Trial

    A former student who accused her South Florida high school teacher of having sex with her in his classroom took the stand again at his Miami-Dade trial Thursday. Jason Meyers, 47, is facing three counts of sexual activity with a minor by a person in custodial authority following his February 2016 arrest. Meyers was teaching English and creative writing at Miami Palmetto Senior High School when the student who was 17 at the time said Meyers had sex with her inside his classroom. Meyers has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing as the case has been stalled for years by Meyers' change ...


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    WATCH LIVE: Defense to begin calling witnesses in Miami-Dade teacher sex trial

    The jury listened to closing arguments Friday in the trial of Jason Meyers, the former Miami Palmetto Senior High School teacher who is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl who was his student. Prosecutors aimed to show the jury that Meyers manipulated the victim through a creative writing mentorship. Two of his former students described sexual acts with Meyers. The defense had Meyer’s wife, who was also a teacher at the same school, testify. “No, I would not lie for my husband,” she said during the trial. “Over the course of time, I questioned what if anything he said ...


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    Wife, principal testify in trial of former Miami Palmetto Senior High teacher accused of sex with students

    Days after former students shared their stories in court about a former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher accused of crossing the line, his wife and the school’s principal took the stand in his trial. Jason Meyers faces three counts of engaging in sex with a minor when he was a teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. The defendant was arrested in 2016. He chose not to testify on Friday. “After speaking to your lawyers in this case and hearing everything that’s been presented thus far in court, is it your decision to testify?” asked the judge. “No,” said Meyers. ...


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    Wife, principal testify in trial of former Miami Palmetto Senior High teacher accused of sex with students; jury to deliberate

    Days after former students shared their stories in court about a former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher accused of crossing the line, his wife and the school’s principal took the stand in his trial. Jason Meyers faces three counts of engaging in sex with a minor when he was a teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. The defendant was arrested in 2016. He chose not to testify on Friday. “After speaking to your lawyers in this case and hearing everything that’s been presented thus far in court, is it your decision to testify?” asked the judge. “No,” said Meyers. ...


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    Former Miami Palmetto Senior High teacher found guilty on 3 counts of engaging in sex with minor

    A former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher has been found guilty of crossing the line with several students. 7News cameras captured Jason Meyers as the verdict was being read out in a Miami courtroom, Friday night. He was taken away in handcuffs moments later. The verdict followed just four hours of jury deliberations following three days of testimony from his accusers. Hours earlier, defense attorneys and prosecutors delivered closing statements. The defendant faced three counts of engaging in sex with a minor when he was a teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. He was found guilty on all three ...


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    Former Miami Palmetto Senior High teacher accused of sex with students found guilty

    A former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher has been found guilty of crossing the line with students.The verdict, reached Friday night, ...


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    Former Miami-Dade Teacher Found Guilty of Having Sex With Underage Student

    A former Miami-Dade high school teacher was found guilty Friday seven years after he was arrested for having sex with an underage student. After two hours of deliberation, Jason Meyers, 47, was convicted of three counts of sexual activity with a minor by a person in custodial authority following his February 2016 arrest. Meyers remained calm while the verdict was read and was later escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs. His attorney said they plan on appealing the decision. "The jury got it wrong. These cases are ruled by whether or not there is reasonable doubt. This case is ...


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    Former Palmetto High teacher guilty of sexual battery on a student, 17, in his classroom

    It took seven years to get Jason Meyers seated in a courtroom before a jury — but less than three hours for those four men and two women to find him guilty of a crime that could land him in prison for life. An emotional three-day trial came to an end late Friday evening when Meyers, 47 and a former teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High, was found guilty of three counts of statutory rape. Jurors determined he used his position of authority to have sex with a student when she was 17. Meyers, who had denied the allegations, turned ...


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    Miami-Dade teacher found guilty of having sex with student

    On Friday evening, a Miami-Dade jury found former Miami Palmetto Senior High School teacher Jason Meyers guilty of having sex with an underage student. Meyers was found guilty on all three charges he faced. Prosecutors had portrayed Meyers as a predator who used sexual themes in his creative writing class to entice a naive, then 17-year-old student into having sex with him at least three times. The alleged victim also took the stand Thursday revealing more about her experience. Meyers, 47, was arrested back in February of 2016 after he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student at Miami Palmetto ...


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    Former Miami-Dade Teacher Found Guilty of Having Sex With Underage Student

    A former Miami-Dade high school teacher was found guilty Friday seven years after he was arrested for having sex with an underage student. After two hours of deliberation, Jason Meyers, 47, was convicted of three counts of sexual activity with a minor by a person in custodial authority following his February 2016 arrest. Meyers remained calm while the verdict was read and was later escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs. His attorney said they plan on appealing the decision. "The jury got it wrong. These cases are ruled by whether or not there is reasonable doubt. This case is ...


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