Jury says sex with a student should cost a former high school teacher $49.3 million

A former South Dade Senior High School student has won a $49.3 million judgment against the geometry teacher who had sex with her and sent her lewd texts.

According to the Daily Business Review, Tuesday’s verdict by a Miami-Dade civil court jury merely decided the damages against Bresnniel Jansen Mones, 35.

Mones, who pleaded guilty to three counts of having sex with a minor and two counts of sending her lewd texts, already had been found liable by default. Miami-Dade County School Board reached a settlement with the young woman earlier.

The lawsuit, filed in 2014 by the young woman who goes by C.R.R., accused the School Board of neglect in failing to protect her from a teacher who the lawsuit alleged had a known history of improper behavior. The suit says Mones sent text messages to her in 2013 that went from about school to about sex. During the fall, the suit says, Mones engaged in oral sex with C.R.R. and had intercourse with her on his desk in December 2013.

She transferred to Varela High School only to find Mones lived across the street.

After Mones’ guilty pleas, he served six months in prison and was released in June. His original probation period, 10 years, already has been reduced to eight. He lives in South Miami-Dade as a registered sex offender.

This story was originally published November 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM with the headline "Jury says sex with a student should cost a former high school teacher $49.3 million."