A high school booster club mom from Tennessee faces nearly two dozen rape charges after she allegedly exchanged vape pens for sexual favors with nine underage high school boys, as young as 14 – and officials say there could be more victims.
Melissa Blair, 38, of Englewood, was indicted Tuesday was indicted by the McMinn County Grand Jury on 18 counts of aggravated statutory rape, four counts of human trafficking by patronizing prostitution and one count of solicitation of a minor, according to the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Joe Guy said in a press conference Tuesday that the alleged encounters happened from spring 2020 through late 2021 with students of McMinn Central High School.
Blair, who is the parent of a student at McMinn County Central High School and was involved in school booster clubs, was believed to be talking to the students on social media, authorities said.
The sheriff’s allege she provided the boys with gifts, including vape pens, in exchange for sexual favors.
She has since been banned from school property and activities.
Sheriff Guy said that the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department received a referral from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services on December 9, 2021 that indicated Blair had been having sexual encounters with male juveniles who were students at McMinn Central High School.
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SOURCE: Daily Mail, Andrea Cavallier
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