A school employee in Rogersville, Alabama, Amy Nicole Wigginton, confessed to police about sexually abusing a student. Arrested last Friday, Wigginton faces charges for engaging in sex acts with a student below 19 on two occasions at her home in March.
The married "lunch lady" is on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation. The local education board acknowledged the allegations. In Alabama, despite the age of consent being 16, students up to 18 cannot legally engage in sexual acts with school staff—a mishap into the murky waters of power dynamics.