A former Spanish teacher at a Oklahoma high school has been sentenced to four years in prison after she pleaded guilty to having sex with a student more than 30-years her junior.
Lisa Kays, 48, of Yukon, admitted to three counts of second degree rape and two counts of forcible oral sodomy – prosecutors said that Kays had five separate sexual encounters with the 17-year-old male student , that included one in her car in front of his parents house.
The offenses date from 2011 to 2012 and a tearful Kays begged Oklahoma County District Judge Ray C. Elliott to let her go, explaining she had lost her job and husband as a result of her decisions.
‘I realize that I’m to blame for my actions,’ said Kays reported The Oklahoman. ‘And I promise you that I have been punished for my actions. I have lost everything that I worked for.’
‘I had an extramarital affair, which ended my marriage of 26 years. I lost my house and my teaching certificate. That’s a life sentence.
‘For 10 months, I cried and contemplated taking my own life.’
Prosecutors had originally recommended a 15-year sentence for Kays – with everything by the first eight years suspended.