A former high school teacher in Georgia has been arrested after she allegedly had sex with a teenage boy who she claimed she “loved,” and she even begged him to run away with her to Mexico.
Amanda Katz, who worked as a teacher before becoming an administrator at Roswell High School, was arrested on Tuesday, June 2, and was charged with improper sexual contact with the boy.
Katz, 55, was arrested after the victim told investigators that he had unprotected sex several times with the educator, according to an affidavit viewed by the New York Post. He claimed that they were mostly intimate at her home and in the backseat of her Jaguar car.
The most recent time Katz and the boy had sex was when she invited him and his family on vacation over Valentine’s Day. During the trip, the boy’s mom found several disturbing texts that confirmed that her son was intimate with Katz.
The family then fled the vacation and Katz returned to work in a “manic” state. She reportedly told her coworkers that she was “distraught” that “she could no longer see her ‘boyfriend’ because his mother doesn’t like her,” per the affidavit.
“While expressing this, it ultimately came out that the male Amanda was discussing was [the] juvenile,” police wrote in the affidavit.
Amid the investigation, police found that Katz and the boy exchanged 19,585 texts between Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Police said that the messages made it clear that Katz was smitten with the victim.
“As much as I loved falling asleep next to you and you growling, I want you … I am not even sure we could hide it,” she allegedly wrote in one text message, which was included in the affidavit. “I am crazy about you …. I have done a lot of stupid things. A lot. But this is top level.”
She also told the boy that the sex was “fun” in another message and said that she would “walk away from everything” to be with him. “The easiest thing would be to leave Roswell,” she added.
Katz also allegedly texted the boy after his mom learned about their relationship, telling him, “I loved you. And this is the most f***** up and scary thing that has ever happened to me.”
“You f******* broke my heart … This is probably the worst thing anyone has ever done to me. You abandoned me. You did, not your mom,” she allegedly continued.
The boy claimed to investigators that Katz was so invested in their relationship that she “wanted to go further in their relationship, move in together, and commit to each other.”
“[Katz] had told him that she wanted to move to Mexico with him, but he did not want to do that, nor did he understand why she would want to go there,” he claimed, per the affidavit.
Katz was put on leave during the initial investigation into the boy’s claims and she officially resigned on April 30.
She was released from custody on Thursday, June 4, after posting a 25,000 bond, Us Weekly can confirm.
It is not currently clear if Katz had entered a plea or retained legal counsel following her arrest. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Us’ request for comment regarding the case.
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