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Student seduced by married teacher at Brooklyn’s notorious Horndog High wins large damages lawsuit – Erin Sayar to Kevin Eng $750,000 in damages

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Student seduced by married teacher at Brooklyn&&num;8217&semi;s notorious Horndog High is awarded &dollar;750&comma;000 in damages<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Erin Sayar&comma; 41&comma; had sex with her then 16-year-old student Kevin Eng at James Madison High School in 2012<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>The mother-of-one was sentenced to 10 years probation&comma; stripped of her teaching license and designated a Level 1 sex offender after took a plea deal<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Eng&&num;8217&semi;s mother sued her for &dollar;10 million for emotional distress to her son<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Last week&comma; a court ordered Sayar&comma; in her absence to pay &dollar;750&comma;000 in damages<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>The 41-year-old&comma; whose husband divorced her after the affair&comma; denied any knowledge of the court ruling <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>James Madison High School was nicknamed Horndog High after two of Sayar&&num;8217&semi;s fellow female teachers were caught in a naked embrace in a class<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;">room<&sol;span><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"articletext">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241881" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kevin-eng-and-erin-sayar-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kevin Eng and Erin Sayar 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"769" height&equals;"462" &sol;><strong>Former high school footballer Kevin Eng &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma;  who had sex with his teacher&comma; Erin Sayer at Brooklyn&&num;8217&semi;s James Madison High School has been awarded &dollar;750&comma;000 in damages&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The bell never stopped tolling for Erin Sayar after her plea deal to put an end to her teacher-student scandal in 2012&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sayar&comma; 41&comma; of Brooklyn&comma; was sentenced to 10 years probation&comma; after took a plea deal for multiple charges of statutory rape and sex abuse over her affair with then-16-year-old Kevin Eng&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The student&&num;8217&semi;s mom Maureen sued Sayar and school officials for &dollar;10 million citing the teen&&num;8217&semi;s emotional distress&period; She lost her suit against the city last year&comma; but her lawyers continued the case against the teacher&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sayer then a 36-year-old married mother-of-one was an English teacher Brooklyn&&num;8217&semi;s James Madison High School teacher&comma; was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old pupil on and off school grounds&comma; as well as sharing marijuana with the youth&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sayer now 41&comma; lost everything after 12 years of teaching at &&num;8216&semi;Horndog High&&num;8217&semi;&period; She was convicted and sentenced to 10 years probation&comma; stripped of her teaching license and designated a Level 1 sex offender after took a plea deal&period; Her 5-year marriage to husband Jimmy Lathrop also hit the rocks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Eng family&&num;8217&semi;s charges were revealed yesterday when a lawyer for the student’s family filed a &dollar;10 million notice of claim&comma; charging that teacher Erin Sayar had sex with a 16-year-old she privately tutored between eight and 12 times last year&comma; and also offered him pot from a stash kept on school grounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241880" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;erin-sayer-and-kevin-eng-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Erin Sayer and Kevin Eng 2" width&equals;"726" height&equals;"710" &sol;><strong>Erin Sayar  &lbrack;left&comma; outside court in 2012&rsqb;&comma; has been ordered to pay Kevin Eng &lbrack;right&rsqb; &dollar;750&comma;000 in damages after their teacher-student affair <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Lawyer Bruce Baron told the<a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;22&sol;student-seduced-by-teacher-at-horndog-high-awarded-750k&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener"> New York Post<&sol;a> that Sayar ignored their civil motions for years&comma; and didn&&num;8217&semi;t respond to any legal letters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">So last week&comma; a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ordered a judgment against Sayar in her absence&semi; &dollar;750&comma;000 in punitive damages for Eng&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;This verdict along with the punitive damages awarded by the judge sends a strong message that teachers across New York state should take their position of authority very seriously&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Baron said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is now looking through Sayar&&num;8217&semi;s financial records to reveal any money or financial holdings she may have to recover the damages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241887" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kevin-eng-with-mom-maureen-and-dad&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kevin Eng with mom Maureen and Dad&period;jpg" width&equals;"670" height&equals;"670" &sol;> <strong>Maureen Eng &lbrack;left&rsqb; with Kevin and his dad&comma; sued Erin Sayer and school officials for &dollar;10 million citing the teen&&num;8217&semi;s emotional distress<&sol;strong><strong style&equals;"font-size&colon;16px&semi;"> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241892" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;erin-sayer-and-ex-husband-jimmy-lathrop-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Erin Sayer and ex-husband Jimmy Lathrop 1" width&equals;"884" height&equals;"587" &sol;><strong>Erin Sayar &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and husband Jimmy Lathrop &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>both seen outside court in 2012&comma; divorced her after the affair came to light<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Sayar&comma; whose husband divorced her after her affair with the student came to light&comma; claimed she had no knowledge of the court ruling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The former teacher&comma; who suffered cancer during her trial said she was now healthy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities said that Sayar had both oral sex and intercourse with the teen at least eight times in her SUV and in her office at the school&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She is also said to have plied the teen with marijuana which she kept hidden in her filing cabinet&period; The mother-of-one was supposed to be tutoring the footballer in her office while his teammates were using the weight room next door&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The school found out about the alleged sexual relationship when Kevin&&num;8217&semi;s girlfriend became suspicious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241965" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;james-madison-high-school-2&period;gif" alt&equals;" James Madison High School 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"805" height&equals;"485" &sol;>Erin Sayar was an English teacherfor 12 years at <&sol;strong><strong>at James Madison High School &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; &&num;8211&semi; nicknamed Horndog High&period; The Brooklyn high school got its nickname in 2009 when two of <&sol;strong><strong>Sayar&&num;8217&semi;s fellow female teachers were caught in a naked embrace in a classroom<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-241943" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;cindy-mauro-left-and-alini-brito-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Cindy Mauro &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Alini Brito &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"742" &sol;>French teacher Cindy Mauro &lbrack;left&rsqb; 34&comma; and Spanish instructor Alini Brito &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; 30&comma; were allegedly caught&comma; naked having sex at James Madison H&period;S&period;&comma; in 2009<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">After hacking Eng&&num;8217&semi;s Facebook account&comma; the girl found messages he had sent to Sayar which read&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I love you so much&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;I always loved you&comma; since last year&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sayar replied&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Oh no — I&&num;8217&semi;m not putting myself out there again&period; I made that mistake last night and you couldn&&num;8217&semi;t handle it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Despite this&comma; the teacher gave the boy her mobile number and ordered him to delete their conversations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple also exchanged 3&comma;856 text messages during a span of 17 days&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Devastated&comma; the girl informed school officials of the pair&&num;8217&semi;s exchanges&comma; and confronted her boyfriend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the school&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; Eng admitted having oral sex and intercourse with Sayar between eight to 12 times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;erin-sayer-5&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Erin Sayer 5&period;jpg" width&equals;"879" height&equals;"461" &sol;>Erin Sayar &lbrack;2012 Facebook photo&rsqb; claimed she had no knowledge of the new court ruling<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241937" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;erin-sayar-in-her-2007-wedding-picture-with-groom-jimmy-lathrop-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Sayar&comma; in her 2007 wedding picture with groom Jimmy Lathrop 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"718" height&equals;"720" &sol;>Erin Sayar&comma; in her 2007 wedding picture with groom Jimmy Lathrop&period; Five years later the marriage was over after Erin was convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old student&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The couple also exchanged 3&comma;856 text messages during a span of 17 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Devastated&comma; the girl informed school officials of the pair&&num;8217&semi;s exchanges&comma; and confronted her boyfriend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the school&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; Eng admitted having oral sex and intercourse with Sayar between eight to 12 times&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One midnight tryst apparently saw Sayar pick the boy up from his house in her car&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Eventually&comma; they began kissing and then engaged in sexual intercourse and oral sex inside the SUV&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the report said&comma; adding that the boy had described tattoos on intimate parts of Sayar&&num;8217&semi;s body&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jimmy Lathrop&comma; Sayar&&num;8217&semi;s husband filed for divorce in 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since James Madison High made news with  sex-related cases when the two female teachers Cindy Mauro and Alini Brito  were allegedly caught naked in a lesbian romp on school grounds in November 2009&comma; a few similar incidents have occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241989" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;allison-musacchio-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Allison Musacchio 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"666" &sol;>Allison Musacchio pulled from classroom over allegations of affair with former student<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Social studies teacher Allison Musacchio&comma; 31&comma; was caught in December 2009 with more than 200 calls and texts to a male student on her cell phone record&period; Musacchio denied the allegations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;School sources said they learned of Musacchio’s alleged antics&comma; after a female James Madison student saw her ex-boyfriend’s phone number on the tenured teacher’s cell phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officials found more than 200 texts and calls between the teacher and the male pupil and yanked her from the classroom&comma; sources said&period; They said the amount of contact was inappropriate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Musacchio&comma;then 31&comma; was also investigated for having a fling with a former student but the probe was dropped because the teen was of legal age and no longer at the school&period;<strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-242001" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;michael-edelman-11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&ast;Dec 17 - 00&colon;05&ast;" width&equals;"656" height&equals;"933" &sol;>Assistant Principal Michael Edelman was accused of sexual harassment<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">62-year-old Assistant Principal Michael Edelman was accused of sexual harassment in December 2009&period; The case was investigated by Education Department’s Office of Equal Opportunity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A female gym teacher&comma; Lisa Guttilla&comma; 37&comma; was accused of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;feeling up” a 14-year-old girl in February 2010&period; The student was not enrolled at Madison High School&comma; but attended private Poly Prep Country Day School&comma; where Guttilla was a part-time volleyball coach&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Finally&comma; English teacher Craig Roffman was fired and arrested after thousands of kiddie-porn images were found on his home computer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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