When last we left Lauren Michelle Cosgrove, a former English teacher in Denton, Texas at Strickland Middle School, she had been arrested after admitting to an affair with a male student, 13, who she was babysitting for during the summer. As part of her pre-trial arrangement, Cosgrove was not supposed to have any contact with the alleged victim for obvious reasons. Oops. Here's more from the Dallas Morning News:
A former Denton middle school teacher was back in jail Wednesday accused of trying to contact the 13-year-old boy she admitted having a sexual relationship with last summer. Cosgrove, who is married with two small children, admitted to the relationship, according to the documents, and was told she would be allowed a couple of days to get her affairs in order before surrendering to police.
Detective Shane Kizer said Cosgrove was admonished not to contact the boy. But two days later, one of the boy's friends called him and began trying to talk to him about the case. The victim handed the telephone to his mother, Kizer said, and she learned from the friend that Cosgrove had asked him to set up a three-way call so she could talk to the boy without her number appearing on caller ID.
"She wanted to tell him what to say to make things better for her in court," Kizer said.
Because the victim and his family were suffering from intense publicity in the case, they agreed it would be better not to file more charges just then, he said.
"But there are circumstances that point to her trying to contact him on the Internet," Kizer said. "And about two weeks ago, she called his cellphone."
Kizer said the call upset the boy, who no longer wants to be contacted by Cosgrove. At that time, Kizer decided to file the charge of tampering with a witness.
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