Police discovered English teacher Jennifer Caswell, 28, and a boy student, 15, in a Mississippi hotel room three years ago. Police now had the proof that she had quit her job at Oklahoma’s Hollis Middle School two months earlier when there were reports that she had been having sex with a student.

After Caswell followed the youngster 650 miles from Oklahoma to Mississippi, she was ultimately caught in the act. The duo apparently had numerous sexual encounters in the boy’s house, a classroom, and other places.

Jennifer Caswell was sentenced to ten years in jail after entering a guilty plea to three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of luring a child, and one crime of forceful sodomy.

Caswell has now been mandated to pay $1 million in restitution for her offenses as well. A federal judge ordered the former instructor to pay the boy’s family $1 million as part of the judgment in the lawsuit the boy and his father brought against Caswell and the school, according to the Independent.

The statement made by U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron was that “a teacher abused her position of trust and authority to sexually violate a young man who will face the emotional effects of the encounter for the rest of his life.” In fact, the boy’s family reported that after the sexual contacts were made public, he was the target of harsh ridicule.

In addition, the kid “reports feelings of depression, isolation, and self-blame for the events that transpired,” according to Cauthron, who also stated that “[mental health] professionals predict he will have future problems accepting female companionship and trusting female authority figures.”

The boy’s lawyer, Bob Wyatt, allegedly feels that the family will most likely not receive any money because Caswell just does not have it despite this ruling and the amount that Caswell has been ordered to pay.

Wyatt nonetheless stated, “We are pleased that the judge considered the teacher’s outrageous behavior and are pleased with the fact that the judge sent a message to teachers and schools throughout the state of Oklahoma that sexual abuse of a child by a teacher will not be tolerated.”

The school system, meanwhile, paid $125,000 to resolve its side of the lawsuit.

Caswell’s prescribed payment ended up being significantly greater, maybe in part as a result of her outspoken actions related to the case. Jennifer Caswell spoke in-depth about the encounters on the Dr. Phil show just before she was sentenced.

However, she asserted, “I’m not a monster, and I’m not a predator.”

Judge Cauthron, however, vehemently disagrees.