Teacher Julie Pritchett Accused of Sex With 8 High School Baseball Players - Clay-Chalkville Middle School

Let's see if we can wrap our heads around this one boys and girls: Trussville is a small town of about 13,000 people in Alabama. The local high school there has a baseball team and the young ladies who support the team during games and act as hostesses of some kind are called Diamond Dolls. And, of course, like any student group, the Dolls need a faculty sponsor who, in this case, is one Julie Pritchett, a married 34-year-old who is a middle school special ed teacher. In her role as sponsor--and sponsor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club--she came in contact with some former students and current members of the HS baseball team. And make contact she allegedly did! According to cops, Pritchett started a sexual relationship with one 15-year-old former student, then when he bragged to the other players, several of them approached her and the game was on . . . literally! According to at least one report, these hook-ups took place at the the homes of the victims, at the school, and--wait for it--during the sporting events (we're assuming this means baseball games.) Unfortunately, the normally forward-looking state of Alabama does not have a "persons in authority" law, so Pritchett will only be charged for having sex with a couple of the boys under 16. Still, she was charged with two counts of sodomy and one count of sexual abuse and could face 20 years in prison if convicted. Here's more from the World Net Daily:

The sheriff's department released a statement saying, "Phone records were subpoenaed and support the statements of the victims and witnesses. When the news media reported that a teacher was under investigation, Julie Pritchett changed her phone number, shut down her MySpace account and resigned from her teaching position where she was a tenured teacher."
A parent called the sheriff's department May 2 and complained that his son was being sexually abused by a teacher. Jefferson County school board lawyer Burgin Kent said the board placed Pritchett on leave, began its own investigation and notified authorities following reports of the abuse.
"It was an unfortunate situation," Kent said.
Pritchett sponsored hostesses for the Clay-Chalkville High School baseball team, called the Diamond Dolls. While she held the position, she became reacquainted with some of her former students who were active in the sports program. Christian said Pritchett then began having sex with a 15-year-old boy, and later had sex with at least seven of his friends. All of the incidents were initiated by the former teacher and several happened on school grounds. Other sex acts took place at victims' homes.