Back in the News: Debra Lafave Violates Probation by Talking to 17 Year Old Waitress (Update: Back to Court)

Look who is back in the news. Debra Lafave, the former teacher who is serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student was arrested on charges of violating her probation. Isn’t this ironic, she violates her probation by this time talking to a teenage girl.

According to a Department of Corrections report, Debra Lafave discussed her personal life and other subjects with a teenage waitress at a restaurant where both worked. One of the terms of her probation was that she was not allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors without permission. According to a police report, Lafave spoke with her teenage co-worker numerous times about family problems, friends, high school, boyfriends and sex.

Then there is of course the typical defense attorney spin trying to down play the event by stating, “It was a workplace friendship — no more, no less.” No Mr. Defense attorney … its called terms of your parole … NO MORE, NO LESS!!! You BS’d the court to have your client not serve time because “she was too attractive”. No double standard here, imagine if she were male.

Defense attorney John Fitzgibbons said he was disappointed that Lafave’s probation officer ordered her arrest for what he called an “insignificant” violation. He said Lafave and the 17-year-old girl had a “typical workplace conversation that women have with their women colleagues.” “It was a workplace friendship — no more, no less,” he said.

Debra Lafave arrested for violating her probation

Lafave attributed her prior mistakes to bipolar disorder, which is associated with intense and irregular mood swings, and with hypersexuality and poor judgment during manic episodes. Lafave is currently serving three years house arrest and seven years probation after pleading guilty to charges in 2004.

UPDATE I: Debra Lafave to Appear in Court to Face Probation Violation ChargeDebra Lafave has a hearing Tuesday for a charge of violating her probation.

According to a Department of Corrections report, Debra Lafave discussed her personal life and other subjects with a teenage waitress at a restaurant where both worked. One of the terms of her probation was that she was not allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors without permission.

According to a police report, Lafave spoke with her teenage co-worker numerous times about family problems, friends, high school, boyfriends and sex.