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A teenager took his own life after abuse from a sex-crazed female teacher left him "humiliated and embarrassed", court documents claim.

Corbin Madison, 18, was one of four pupils abused by married Tennille Whitaker.

He was found dead with a fatal gunshot wound in a truck a year after Whitaker's arrest.

Now his dad Terry is suing education bosses for allegedly letting her get away with her sordid antics in Wells, Nevada, US.

The mum-of-two was jailed for 20 years last October on four counts of sexual conduct between a school employee and a pupil.

Whitaker, now 42, was arrested after investigators spied on her when a parent saw her “inappropriately” behind a closed classroom door with a student.

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Corbin and Brennen Hooper - another student who is also suing Elko County School District - were assigned at different times to her room at Wells Elementary as teacher’s aides.

They were two of four teens aged 16 to 18 from a nearby high school who told investigators they had sex with Whitaker during her “special” hour.

Whitaker gave one boy “alcohol in exchange for sexual gratification,” says their lawsuit.

But when the other lad rejected her advances she would “get angry, kick him out of her classroom and threaten to mark him absent.”

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Corbin went on to kill himself because of his “resultant depression, humiliation and embarrassment,” court papers say.

There were multiple instances before the suicide, claims the lawsuit, when the district knew of Whitaker’s behaviour and could have done something to protect students.

In January 2016, a school worker walked in on Whitaker sitting on Brennen’s lap.

And in 2017, a custodian caught Whitaker and a minor in the classroom with the lights off and the door locked, the complaint states.

Later the same year, another teacher reported to principal Chris McAnany that she had a Snapchat photo showing Whitaker was having sexual relations with a minor student, the document adds.

(Image: Supplied by Mydrim Jones)

The district and McAnany allegedly “suppressed, concealed or failed to disclose” information about Whitaker’s conduct.

They are accused of knowing about Whitaker’s “sexual propensities towards minor students.”

But she was allowed to continue to teach and keep her classroom at the end of a hallway away from the main office and cover the only window that “provided … a separate and secluded environment with minor children.”

Part of her room was set up with a private decorated “reading area” in the back corner of the classroom.

It could not been seen from the hallway or any outside windows, the court papers say.

The lawsuit is seeking a total of $45,000 in damages.

The school district declined to comment.

Superintendent Todd Pehrson said: “We follow our policies and procedures

“The safety of our students is our number one concern at all times.”

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