HS Teacher Samantha Ciotta Allegedly Had Threesomes With Student

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10:36 AM - Oct 17, 2017

Pro tip to all the shady teachers out there: If you’re going to
bang one of your students, don’t get caught doing it on social
media. Former Beaumont High School English teacher Samantha
Ciotta certainly knows as she was spotted on Snapchat wearing
just “a shirt and panties” while boozing it up with minors.

Details on the wild Snap from The Patch:

A high school student who spotted the scandalous Snapchat
“story” in August asked the student who posted it if the woman
in the video was “Mrs. Ciotta.” The reply: “Yes … Bro, I’m
gettin’ in deep … been f—— (Ciotta) and getting threesomes for
the past couple weeks (at her house),” according to documents
obtained by Patch.

The other student who allegedly appeared in the Snapchat video
told an adult Ciotta had sex with a student, and “If [police]
have her phone, then they will find out,” according to documents.

The report adds Ciotta met the student two years prior when he
was bombing her English class. She apparently offered him extra
help… in the form of sex at her place for months. Her husband
has since filed for divorce, though he still thinks she is a
“great mother”.

Ciotta was arrested on Sep. 20 and booked with a charge of
unlawful sex and oral copulation with a minor. She posted bail
at $150,000 the following day.

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Partying In 'Panties': Snapchat Video of Beaumont High Teacher
With Students Led To Arrest: PATCH EXCLUSIVE
Samantha Ciotta was a "good mother," but now she faces felony
charges, divorce and a school community that's shocked and
disappointed.

BEAUMONT, CA — A Snapchat video that allegedly showed Beaumont
High School teacher Samantha Lee Ciotta wearing only "a shirt
and panties" while drinking alcohol with two shirtless minors is
at the center of a police investigation that could lead to more
anticipated felony charges against the 32-year-old English
teacher accused of sex with an underage student, Patch has
learned.

Ciotta was arrested Sept. 20 on suspicion of unlawful sex and
oral copulation with a minor, and released from custody the next
day after posting $150,000 bail. Police continue to investigate
whether Ciotta had inappropriate sexual contact with more than
one underage Beaumont High student, according to documents
obtained by Patch. Ciotta is set to appear in court on Nov. 3.

A high school student who spotted the scandalous Snapchat
"story" in August asked the student who posted it if the woman
in the video was "Mrs. Ciotta." The reply: "Yes … Bro, I'm
gettin' in deep … been f------ (Ciotta) and getting threesomes
for the past couple weeks (at her house)," according to
documents obtained by Patch.

The other student who allegedly appeared in the Snapchat video
told an adult Ciotta had sex with a student, and "If [police]
have her phone, then they will find out," according to documents.

Samantha Ciotta's booking photo. Credit: Beaumont Police
Department.

Police got a warrant to obtain Ciotta's cell phone and search
the Banning home she shared with her husband and two young
children. While searching Ciotta's home, detectives found a
"torn-up, hand-written note that mentioned the juvenile victim
by name." The note "appeared to be written to Samantha Ciotta's
husband, explaining her relationship" with the underage student.
Police also discovered the alleged victim's school records in
her home office, according to documents outlining the police
investigation that began in June at the request of Child
Protective Services.

Ciotta's first known relationship with the alleged victim
started nearly two years earlier, according to law enforcement
documents, school records and interviews with the student's
family members.

The former teacher allegedly took a special interest in the
underage boy failing her English class. He was described in
documents as a "disruptive" student and an "incorrigible
juvenile." Ciotta even asked to participate in a hearing to
discuss the boy's "individualized education plan," sources said.

"She said she was his advocate," the boy's guardian said.

'AN EYE-OPENER'

Ciotta and her alleged victim both started at Beaumont High
School in August 2015. It was a fresh start at a new school for
Ciotta, then a 29-year-old married mom who previously taught
English at La Quinta High School in the Coachella Valley. The
boy, a 14-year-old orphan living with a family member after his
mother died and his father was sent to prison, had just started
his freshman year.

They met in Ciotta's English class, the only one the boy was
failing within the first month of school, according to Beaumont
High records. Ciotta offered to provide her alleged victim with
extra help, the boy's guardian said.

A few months later, in February, Ciotta sent the boy's guardian
an email: "I was losing [victim's name deleted] in the classroom
due to his behavior," Ciotta wrote. "The last confrontation [he]
and I had, I felt, was an eye-opener for him and he was much
better yesterday. I hope to see him improve and show some
accountability for his grade in my class, as well as all other
classes ... he has so much potential."

The boy's guardian said she wasn't immediately concerned because
the boy, who was enrolled in special education services, needed
help in school and had been prone to violent outbursts since
fourth grade, records show.

"I can't change what [he and his siblings] went through before
they came to me," the boy's guardian said.

She said she tried to create a home environment with rules and
consequences for not following those rules. They moved to
Beaumont in 2013. The boy seemed to be improving at his new
school and had adjusted well to the move, she said.

The boy's guardian told Patch she saw a change for the worse in
the boy as his sophomore year at Beaumont High approached. He
came home with expensive shoes, a new iPhone, fancy Bluetooth
speakers.

"At first I thought it was drug money," the boy's guardian said.
She now believes the iPhone and other luxuries were gifts from
Ciotta.

The summer before school began, the boy's guardian told Patch,
he started to act out. She couldn't control him and had no
choice but to call the police.

Police first responded to the home on July 31, 2016, to
investigate a complaint of an "incorrigible juvenile" — a call
related to a minor who repeatedly disobeys a parent or
guardian's direction, police records show.

Four days later, officers came to the house to investigate a
"missing juvenile" complaint. Police returned to the house five
more times in response to incorrigible juvenile complaints
between Aug. 26 and Sept. 20, 2016.

On Sept. 21, the boy ran away from home. Police responded to the
house eight more times between Sept. 22 and Nov. 15, 2016,
including a call reporting that the boy struck his guardian,
according to police records.

The alleged battery happened Nov. 3, 2016, when the boy's
guardian confronted him about her suspicion that he was selling
drugs. The boy was charged in juvenile court, the guardian said.
He ran away from home again the same day and never came back.
For months, his guardian didn't know where he was living. In
January 2017, the boy's guardian was charged with child neglect,
police records show.

Still, the boy's guardian was notified via email of the boy's
progress at school. In April, she attempted to attend a meeting
about the status of the teenager's individualized education
plan. That's where she met Ciotta.

"She was only there to give me her input and that's what made it
more apparent that something was going on because she attacked
me on my upbringing of (the boy)," the guardian wrote in a text
message. "I told her to stay away from him."

TEXTS, SNAPS, NOTE LEAD TO ARREST

On June 8, one of the boy's relatives sent him a text asking the
child if he indeed had a sexual relationship with Ciotta,
according to an investigative report obtained by Patch. The
family member told police she "immediately knew that the text
[reply] was not sent by [the boy]" based on language used in the
message.

When the boy's relative texted again, "Uh, nevermind," the
sender replied, "My lawyer will contact you."

That reply actually came from Ciotta's husband.

According to the report, the boy's relative told police she
believed Ciotta's husband was using the boy's iPhone. The text
from the husband stated that he "needed to know the extent of
what happened … I deserve that much. I'm not mad at [the boy].
Not even a little bit."

Reached by phone on Monday, Ciotta's husband, Scott Ciotta,
confirmed to Patch he sent those text messages from the iPhone
that he and his wife bought for the boy.

Following that text message exchange, police interviewed the
alleged victim, who denied having an "inappropriate
relationship" with Ciotta, records show.

"When asked why kids were spreading those rumors, [he] stated
that he thought it was because Ciotta would allow him to spend
several periods in her class to do his work," according to the
report. "When it was time for him to leave, she would walk him
to his classes so he would avoid getting a tardy."

The boy told police he did have Ciotta's cellphone number, but
he only used it "in case [he] needed a ride." Police questioned
the boy about whether he visited Ciotta's house. Initially, the
boy denied visiting his teacher at home. Later, he changed his
story.

"Alright, I have been to her house," the boy told police.

When detectives asked the for details about when he visited
Ciotta's house, "he became angry and stated 'I'm done, and I've
moved on. I'm not f------ talking!'" documents show.

Police searched Ciotta's home nine days later. In her home
office, detectives found a note that appeared to be Ciotta's
attempt to explain her relationship with her student to her
husband.

On Sept. 1, Beaumont Unified School District officials contacted
police about rumors of a scantily clad Ciotta appearing with the
victim and other unidentified students in a Snapchat video.

Six days later, a Beaumont High parent told police her underage
child confirmed that Ciotta had an inappropriate relationship
with the alleged victim and if police search the teacher's phone
they "will find out."

On Sept. 20, Ciotta's arrest shocked the Beaumont High community
and made national headlines. Ciotta, who was placed on
administrative leave and remains free on bond, declined our
request to comment.

Ciotta's husband filed for divorce Oct. 4, has since moved out
of the family home and was granted temporary sole custody of
their two children, according to court papers.

"While I, personally, do not believe my children were placed in
any danger while in her care, nor do I question her abilities as
a mother, I am following CPS's recommendations," Ciotta's
husband, acting as his own attorney, wrote in divorce papers.
"Child Protective Services strongly recommended to me to take
full custody and with urgency."

Despite the court filing, Scott Ciotta on Monday said his wife
is "a great mother ... and that myself and her family are very
supportive of her."

He declined to answer other questions, including whether the
alleged victim ever stayed at his family's home.

"I know you likely want to paint a negative picture that will
get many readers to your site but don't forget there are always
multiple sides to a story," Scott Ciotta wrote in a text message.

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