Tom Miller Privett, 70, is accused of repeatedly having sex with a 17-year-old student at the Terra Environmental Research Magnet School in Miami-Dade County, Florida. (Picture: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office/Google Maps)

A teacher is behind bars after he was accused of repeatedly having sex with one of his students in his classroom, police say.

Tom Miller Privett, 70, was arrested and charged with sexual battery with a child under custodial authority for allegedly having sex with the 17-year-old student in his classroom ‘everyday’ for three months at Terra Environmental Research Institute Magnet School.

Privett, who had been a history and government teacher at the school for 30 years, reportedly groomed the girl for years before taking her virginity in the classroom, police said.

He allegedly began touching her inappropriately in his world history class in 2012, according to prosecutors.




‘These touches began as rubbing her arms while in class, then rubbing her back, and continued to kiss her on the head, cheek and partial lips,’ Detective Ismael Castill wrote in an arrest warrant.

Privett was booked at the Pinellas County Jail, but he will be extradited to Miami-Dade to stand trial. (Picture: Fox 2 Houston)

The following hear, Privett began to make ‘rude and disrespectful’ statements about the girl’s weight, which led to her develop an eating disorder to ‘look good’ for Privett, prosecutors said, according to The Miami Herald.

In her third year at the school, Privett allegedly began telling the victim his ‘sexual desires’ and fetishes. He then had sex with her in his classroom during her last year at the school in 2016, police said.

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‘The victim further alleged that she and Privett engaged in sexual activity every day after school inside of Privett’s classroom for the next three months until the school year ended,’ according to reports.

Privett even allegedly insisted the teen have sex with him after she was injured in a car crash, which ’caused her serious discomfort in her hips, police said.

The girl went to police in December. To help investigators obtain evidence, she called Privett to discuss their sexual relationship as police listened. The conversation reportedly confirmed the girl’s claims.

Privett was no longer teaching at the school when he was arrested.

Prosecutors fear Privett may have more victims. Anyone with information regarding the accusation leveled against Privett is urged to contact the State Attorney’s Office.