Jacie
2/24/2011, 12:50 PM
NYC Teachers Sue City for Slander Over Lesbian Sex Allegations
Feb 24, 2011 – 8:54 AM
Two New York City high school teachers accused of having a sexual romp in a classroom are suing the city for $2 million for ruining their reputations.
Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro were fired last month after a state arbitrator's report concluded that the pair of language teachers were having a "sexual encounter" when school custodians walked in on them in November 2009. But the duo filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming wrongful termination, libel and slander, the New York Daily News reports.
"They've had to deal with these false allegations of engaging in lesbian sex," lawyer Michael Valentine told the Daily News. "It's been painful."
What actually went on that night at James Madison High School (renamed "Horndog High" by the city's tabloids) is not clear.
According to a city report, Brito, a Spanish teacher, and Mauro, a French teacher, had drinks after work with another teacher and an assistant principal before returning to the high school to attend a music and dance competition. Partway through the show, the pair retreated to Mauro's classroom.
At some point after that, two school custodians opened the door to the room to find the women on the floor, in various states of dress. A school safety officer, summoned to the scene, said she saw Brito topless on the floor and Mauro between her legs. When an assistant principal arrived, she said she saw Brito "leaning against the teacher's desk ... and she seemed to be, like, zippering her boot and finishing buttoning her shirt."
But Brito and Mauro give an entirely different account of the night's events.
They say Brito, a diabetic, began feeling ill during the competition and asked Mauro to check her blood sugar. They went upstairs to Mauro's classroom, where she had candy. By the time they got there, Brito felt so weak that she lay down on the floor and Mauro took off her sweater and put it under her friend's head. She was kneeling next to Brito in the dark classroom when the janitor opened the door.
At a Department of Education hearing, the accusing custodian admitted that he was standing behind another person, 15 feet away from the slightly open door, looking into a dark classroom, and that he could only make out one half-naked woman.
The testimony led lawyer Valentine to ask, "When does a fish become a whale?"
Feb 24, 2011 – 8:54 AM
Two New York City high school teachers accused of having a sexual romp in a classroom are suing the city for $2 million for ruining their reputations.
Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro were fired last month after a state arbitrator's report concluded that the pair of language teachers were having a "sexual encounter" when school custodians walked in on them in November 2009. But the duo filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming wrongful termination, libel and slander, the New York Daily News reports.
"They've had to deal with these false allegations of engaging in lesbian sex," lawyer Michael Valentine told the Daily News. "It's been painful."
What actually went on that night at James Madison High School (renamed "Horndog High" by the city's tabloids) is not clear.
According to a city report, Brito, a Spanish teacher, and Mauro, a French teacher, had drinks after work with another teacher and an assistant principal before returning to the high school to attend a music and dance competition. Partway through the show, the pair retreated to Mauro's classroom.
At some point after that, two school custodians opened the door to the room to find the women on the floor, in various states of dress. A school safety officer, summoned to the scene, said she saw Brito topless on the floor and Mauro between her legs. When an assistant principal arrived, she said she saw Brito "leaning against the teacher's desk ... and she seemed to be, like, zippering her boot and finishing buttoning her shirt."
But Brito and Mauro give an entirely different account of the night's events.
They say Brito, a diabetic, began feeling ill during the competition and asked Mauro to check her blood sugar. They went upstairs to Mauro's classroom, where she had candy. By the time they got there, Brito felt so weak that she lay down on the floor and Mauro took off her sweater and put it under her friend's head. She was kneeling next to Brito in the dark classroom when the janitor opened the door.
At a Department of Education hearing, the accusing custodian admitted that he was standing behind another person, 15 feet away from the slightly open door, looking into a dark classroom, and that he could only make out one half-naked woman.
The testimony led lawyer Valentine to ask, "When does a fish become a whale?"