A former teacher who is currently jailed for having sex with a 16-year-old student is suing the teen for defaming her.

Culinary arts teacher Tara Yvonne Stumph, 37, was sentenced to 180 days in jail in San Luis Obispo County, California after pleading no contest to one count of sex with a minor in April.

Now the teacher has filed a civil suit against the boy she slept with, accusing him of defaming her 'to various classmates, family and other members of the community,' the San Luis Obispo Tribune reported.

Teacher Tara Stumph, pictured with her firefighter husband, is suing the 16-year-old student she admitted having sex with for defamation

Stumph's teaching license has been revoked but she will not have to register as a sex offender after her release, which is set for next week

Stumph is set to be released next week after serving roughly half of her sentence, according to jail records.

Her teaching license has been revoked but she will not have to register as a sex offender after her release.

The victim's family had previously named Stumph and the Lucia Mar Unified School District in their own suit, claiming she had victimized at least one other student.

It is unknown whether that claim is the basis of Stumph's countersuit for defamation.

Stumph is a married mother of three, whose husband works as a firefighter in California

She taught at Arroyo Grande High School where she was previously awarded regional occupation Teacher of the Year

The victim's suit claimed Stumph 'molested him during and after class and sent nude pictures and sexually explicit videos of herself to him'.

Stumph is a married mother-of-three, whose husband works as a firefighter, according to social media posts.

She taught at Arroyo Grande High School where she was previously awarded regional occupation Teacher of the Year.