Jamila Love Williams, a former Maths
teacher at a Michigan high school, will
spend eight to 15 years in prison for her
illicit affairs with four teenage
students. The mothers of her victims --
who were between 15 and 16 years old
at the time of the sex assaults -- had
bitter words for Williams, 36, at a court
hearing in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Oct.
15.
"You are a sick, sadistic child molester.
You don't deserve to be in society. You
are a predator," one mother said,
according to Michigan Live. "You
befriended all of us mothers while in
the back of your head, you wanted [the
boys] sexually." Williams was charged
in June with three counts of third-
degree criminal sexual conduct and one
count of second-degree criminal sexual
conduct. She pleaded no contest to all
four charges in September.
According to Grand Rapids police,
Williams had sex with the victims in a
variety of locations: in a car, at a
Golden Corral restaurant, in an alley,
and in at least one boy's home. One
mother claimed the teacher even had
sex with her son in a locked classroom
at Grand Rapids University Prep
Academy, where Williams taught for six
years. At her sentencing, Williams
apologized for her behavior, but
insisted that she is "not a predator."
"I did not prey on these young men,"
she said, according to Michigan Live. It
was initially thought that Williams only
had affairs with two students, but
additional victims came forward during
the police investigation. According to
WZZM, Williams is herself a mother of
four children, ages 3 to 19, and is
stepmother to a pair of 16-year-old
twins. Now she's not allowed to have
unsupervised contact with children
younger than 16, and must register as a
sex offender.
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