Former teacher who confessed to sex with teen accuses him of blackmail

Former Destrehan High School teacher Shelley Dufresne, who pleaded guilty to having sexual relations with a male student in 2014, has accused this same student of bragging about those relations on social media and attempting to blackmail her in return for preferential treatment and better grades.

These accusations and others surfaced last week through Dufresne’s response to a civil suit filed by the former student and his parents against Dufresne, fellow former DHS teacher Rachel Respess and the St. Charles Parish School Board. Respess was also accused of engaging in sexual conduct with the student and Dufresne at Respess’ Kenner apartment in 2014.

In a response, filed July 12, Dufresne alleges it was the student who “intentionally and voluntarily” posted details about the alleged incidents on social media, including tweets and re-tweets on Twitter, claiming attainment of social status stemming from the alleged “sexual conquest of Dufresne and Respess.”

The student is also described as having made “intentional, orchestrated and unprovoked actions” that effectively negate the plaintiffs’ claim for damages, according to court documents.

Dufresne also maintained the student removed his genitals from his clothing and placed them on the face of a defendant (it was not specified in the document whether it was Dufresne or Respess) as she slept, then recorded photos and/or videos of the act on his cellphone. He then showed his recordings to members of the Destrehan football team, according to Dufresne’s filing.

The student allegedly made boasts to teammates, schoolmates and friends “without provocation,” before deleting the alleged photos and videos. Dufresne’s attorney asserts that act constitutes “spoliation of evidence.”

Dufresne claimed she intended to request the student be transferred from her English class to another in September of 2014, at which time the student replied that she “better not,” insinuating retaliation. In the court filing, she alleges he made it clear he expected favoritism, good grades and exemption from certain class projects and assignments in return for not making “certain allegations.”

She also alleges he actively sought attention and notoriety for these allegations, including “re-tweeting” social media posts offering congratulatory statements. One such statement given as example claimed to the student, “you need a statue of you erected on a hill in Rome.”

Another claim stated the student allegedly referred to himself to others as the “King of SCP” (St. Charles Parish).

The student openly stated his desire for sex with one of the two defendants for the purpose of revenge, according to the filing.

 

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