'We're doing awesome': Humiliated husband of Brooklyn teacher 'who gave student pot and repeatedly had sex with him' says their marriage is as strong as ever



Alleged affair uncovered when 16-year-old's girlfriend hacked his Facebook account

Teacher Erin Sayar allegedly exchanged an astonishing 3,856 text messages over a 17-day period with her student



Sources say angry husband Jimmy Lathrop is 'looking for divorce lawyer'

Walked out of court in front of her, not with her



The husband of the 36-year-old Brooklyn teacher charged with having repeated statutory trysts with one of her high school students has said their marriage is as strong as ever.



Jimmy Lathrop, 39, said his relationship with his wife Erin Saya, who is accused of statutory rape, has not suffered following the shocking allegations and denied divorce rumours.



'We’re doing fine. We’re doing awesome,' Mr Lathrop told the New York Post yesterday. 'No, there’s nothing true about that, at all. We’re not getting a divorce.'



Hard times? Pictured leaving Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday, Erin Sayar, left, and husband Jimmy Lathrop, right, did not walk side by side; a source tells the Post he's looking for a divorce lawyer



Erin Sayar, 41, has been ordered to pay $750,000 in damages after an affair with her student Sayar also denied marital problems and declared her love for her husband. 'My husband is a great man, and I love him very much,' she said. 'There is no divorce in our future.' Sayar revealed that she might be returning to James Madison High School in Brooklyn where the alleged illicit encounters occurred, adding that her colleagues were supporting her. 'I’ve spent my entire teaching career there, since 2000, and some of my best friends are there,' she said.

'I’ve heard from them, and they’re rooting for me. I have no plan on moving. It’s a great school. It’s a beautiful school with highly intelligent teachers and mostly wonderful students. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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But friends and family of the couple have painted a different picture. A source had told the New York Post that Lathrop is looking for a lawyer to help him divorce his wife.

He was seen this week at Brooklyn Criminal Court, wearing a fedora and glasses, and walking several steps ahead of his wife, who looked disheveled in a bright pink track suit.

Silent: Sayar was released from jail for now but she faces four years behind bars for alleged sexual encounters with the high school football player; she's pictured returning to her Brooklyn home



The source told the Post: ‘He’s very angry, he’s very embarrassed,’ adding that Mr Lathrop is out looking for a divorce attorney.

‘I don’ think this marriage will last,’ the source told the newspaper.

Mother-of-one Sayar, who is accused of seducing football player Kevin Eng, 16, while she was a teacher at the Brooklyn school, appeared in court this week for arraignment.



Sayar was released on $10,000 bond after turned herself into the NYPD Special Victims Squad and was charged with eight counts of third-degree rape and criminal sexual conduct.

Kevin is still a student at the high school.

As Judge Kevin McGrath set bail, he also issued an order of protection for the student.

Sayar - who is facing more than four years in jail - was supposed to be tutoring the footballer in her office while his teammates were using the weight room next door.

A chaotic scene unfolded outside the courthouse as reporters and camera crew surrounded Sayar and her husband as they left after the woman was released from jail.

Chaos: Numerous news crews surrounded Sayer (center) as she left court last June with husband Jimmy Lathrop (second from front) walking in front of her

Consequences: Sayer has been placed on 10-years probation and may have to sign as a sex offender for the rest of her life

The pair refused to speak with reporters.

Sayar remained silent and smirked slightly at times as she walked dressed in a pink-hooded sweatshirt, black pants and white sneakers with pink shoelaces.

Instead, Sayar got into a sedan and returned to her home. Mr Lathrop also dismissed news crews wearing a top hat and his wedding ring.

The parents of the 16-year-old also filed a $10million lawsuit against the married English teacher.

According to the Post, Kevin was boasting about the sexual trysts on Facebook and to other students in detention.

Football teammate Eddie Reid, 16, said they quickly grew suspicious, telling the Post: 'We had weight training every day in sixth period, but instead of going to the weight room, Kevin was going to her office — and the door was locked.

'People would go to the door and try and open it. She’d just yell "Go to class!" and "Get out of the hallway!",' Reid said.

The lawyer representing Eng is claiming his client was traumatized by what happened and that it left him the 'subject of scorn and ridicule'.



Sayar (pictured on Facebook in 2012) claimed she had no knowledge of the new court ruling

But other students said he was proud of the affair.

The school found out about the alleged sexual relationship when Kevin's girlfriend became suspicious last November.

After hacking Eng's Facebook account, the girl found messages he had sent to Sayar which read, 'I love you so much' and 'I always loved you, since last year'.

Sayar replied: 'Oh no — I’m not putting myself out there again. I made that mistake last night and you couldn’t handle it.'

Despite this, the teacher gave the boy her mobile number and ordered him to delete their conversations.

Devastated, the girl informed school officials of the pair's exchanges, and confronted her boyfriend.



According to the school's report, Eng admitted having oral sex and intercourse with Sayar between eight to 12 times.

The New York Post reports that the lovers exchanged an incredible 3,856 text messages over a 17-day period in December, an average of 227 per day.

Sayar was an English teacher at James Madison High School (pictured) - nicknamed Horndog High. The Brooklyn high school got its nickname in 2009 when two of Sayar's fellow female teachers were caught in a naked embrace in a classroom

One midnight tryst apparently saw Sayar pick the boy up from his house in her car.



'Eventually, they began kissing and then engaged in sexual intercourse and oral sex inside the SUV,' the report said, adding that the boy had described tattoos on intimate parts of Sayar’s body.

A spokesman for the Department of Education said Sayar, who earns just over $78,000 (£50,000) a year, is still technically employed at the school, although she was removed from the classroom in January.

'We had weight training every day in sixth period, but instead of going to the weight room, Kevin was going to her office - and the door was locked'

The school investigators have submitted their report to Brooklyn's District Attorney Charles Hynes, strongly recommending she be fired.



Eng, who is now 17, is still a pupil at the school.



The sordid allegations are not the first to hit James Madison High School, christened 'Horndog High' after its past sex scandals.



Language teachers Cindy Mauro and Alini Brito were dismissed from their posts after an alleged lesbian romp in a school classroom in November 2009 - a claim they both denied.

