HOUSTON — We first reported Wednesday how Lamar CISD was looking into two videos shot inside Gray Elementary by a former teacher who now admits it was a big mistake.
"It was a poor judgment on my part," the former teacher said in an interview with KHOU 11 News. "I would never do it again."
We're not identifying the woman because she hasn't been charged with a crime. However, Lamar CISD police did open an investigation following a news conference by community activists calling out her behavior.
"If she would do this in a classroom, what else will she do?" Quanell X said on Wednesday.
"I had a coworker call me and she's like, "H, you're on the news," the former teacher said.
She claimed the videos were either shot on a Sunday when she stopped by the school to pick something up or in a restroom with no one else around and were only shared with an ex-boyfriend with whom she's gone through a very bad breakup.
"I've never sent this out to thousands of men. Like, I'm not that type of person," she said. "This was just a relationship, a private matter, and he released it."
KHOU legal analyst Carmen Roe believes what the former teacher did may be unethical -- but it's not necessarily criminal.
Although the same may not be true for anyone who shares the videos online or otherwise under the state's so-called "revenge porn" statute.
"Anyone who sends that material out, promotes it for whatever purpose, puts themselves in harm's way and can be charged," Roe said. "And, in Texas, we do file these charges and pursue punishment pretty aggressively."
The former teacher said she resigned from Lamar CISD for unrelated reasons at the end of the school year. She said she hopes neither her long-term career nor her reputation are permanently impacted.
"All I can do is learn from this situation," the former teacher said.
She's now living with family in Harris County where we confirmed she filed a police report for possible revenge porn. We were unable to reach her ex, who we're also not identifying.