{"id":59787,"date":"2019-04-02T00:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T00:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=59787"},"modified":"2019-04-02T00:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T00:27:41","slug":"teacher-claims-fired-topless-selfie-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=59787","title":{"rendered":"Teacher claims she was fired over topless selfie to boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Long Island middle school teacher was fired last week when an old topless selfie that she sent to a boyfriend surfaced \u2014 in the hands of a student, according to a new court filing.<\/p>\n

Lauren Miranda, a 25-year-old former Bellport Middle School math teacher, was fired Wednesday after a student somehow obtained the image, according to her lawyer, John Ray.<\/p>\n

Ray said Monday that officials wrongfully chastised Miranda over the image, which was sent to her then-partner, another teacher at a different school, and eventually fired her for not being a proper school \u201crole model.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At a press conference, Miranda said the image was obtained without her consent \u2014 and that there was nothing inherently offensive about the image anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pure,\u201d she said of the image that shows her breasts. \u201cI\u2019m getting makeup in one hand, and I\u2019m taking a picture in the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda said she had previously sent the photo to the former flame and had no idea how the student got hold of it.<\/p>\n

Miranda and Ray have filed a notice of claim in the case as a precursor to a $3 million lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong ago, she sent her topless unremarkable selfie to her companion, never to anyone else,\u201d Ray said. \u201cBy unknown means, a student obtained it. The school district took possession of it, excoriated her, and fired her because her breasts were displayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Miranda and her lawyer contend that a male teacher would not have been subjected to the same treatment in similar circumstances and that she wants her job back.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis would never have happened to a male teacher,\u201d Ray said. \u201cThe Suffolk County Administrators and School Board have not yet discovered that women are equal to men. Lauren is rightly proud of her female torso. A woman\u2019s breasts are not inherently prurient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda said Monday that she wanted to fight back in order to provide a strong example to her former students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of role model am I, to now roll over and hide?\u201d she said. \u201cI am showing my face and saying something happened to me that I didn\u2019t want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ray said he didn\u2019t know if the student was ever punished.<\/p>\n

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