(03/26/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Adrienne Elizabeth Feistel, 35, a former fifth-grade teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School in San Diego, California has been arrested and charged on accusations that she had a sexual relationship with a former student beginning while he was in seventh-grade.
Reportedly Feistel is charged with four counts of lewd acts on a child with substantial sexual contact and six counts of lewd acts on a child aged 14 or 15.
Feistel was the boy’s fifth grade teacher and reportedly she befriended his family and even moved in with them for several months.
It is alleged that Feistel pressured the boy into letting her give him oral sex five times between August 2006 and August 2008.
Reportedly, Feistel came to the attention of police when officers were interviewing the boy about a confrontation between his mother and sister and he told them about his sexual activity with Feistel.
Feistel has pleaded not guilty to all charges and was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
03/30/09 – Alleged Victim’s Family Speaks Out
The family of the alleged victim speaks out and Adrienne Feistel is reportedly freed on $50,000 bail.
06/23/09 – Preliminary Hearing Testimony
At the preliminary hearing for Adrienne Feistel, the alleged victim testified that the sexual activity with Feistel started about two months into his seventh grade year.
He also said that Feistel snuck into his bed and had sex with him a couple of months after moving in with his family.
The boy testified that the relationship made him uncomfortable and he didn’t want to have sex with Feistel and ended up telling authorities what happened last August.
06/23/09 – Feistel To Stand Trial
During the course of the preliminary hearing for Adrienne Feistel prosecutors added two more counts of committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child and the judge determined that prosecutors presented enough evidence at the hearing, which began Monday morning, for Feistel to stand trial on the 12 charges.
During the preliminary hearing a second boy testified that he had sex with Feistel, but it didn’t happen until he was 18. District attorney’s Investigator Barbara Rudestill testified that the boy told her and another investigator that he had sex with Feistel two to three times in San Diego.
Feistel remains free on $50,000 bail bond.
The judge ordered Feistel to stay away from all children under the age of 18, except in the presence of another adult who is aware of the charges she faces.
Reportedly the judge pointed out that the stay away order includes Feistel’s 6-year-old son.
07/08/09 – Trial Date Set
Adrienne Feistel has made a court appearance, entered a not guilty plea to all charges and had a trial date set for September 3rd.
Deputy District Attorney Wendy Patrick Mazzarella said outside court that Feistel had sexual relations with a former student beginning when he was 12 and had sexual intercourse with another former student starting when he was 16.
Originally the older boy told investigators that he was 18 when he first allegedly had sex with Feistel. Prosecutors now alleged that the sexual activity started in 2004 when the boy was 16-years-old.
Feistel remains free on $50,000 bail bond.
Feistel’s lawyer has said that the younger boy’s testimony at a recent court hearing was not credible and that the older boy insists he had sex with Feistel after he turned 18.
08/27/09 – Judge Refuses To Dismiss Charges
A judge has refused to dismiss child molestation charges against Adrienne Feistel, accused of having sex with two of her former male students, including one who was 12 when the alleged sexual activity started.
Feistel’s trial is scheduled to begin on October 19th and she faces more than 10 years in state prison if convicted.
11/30/09 – Trial To Begin Today
Opening statements in the trial of Adrienne Feistel are scheduled for today.
Feistel faces more than 10 years in state prison if convicted of the sexual abuse of two boys, one age 12 and the other 16 when the sexual activity is alleged to have taken place.
In opening statements the prosecution told jurors that Adrienne Feistel sexually molested two boys who had been in her class. The prosecutor also told the jury that Feistel would become close to the victims’ families and molest the boys after that.
A defense attorney said the mother of one of the boys had an ulterior motive to falsely accuse the defendant. The defense attorney also told the jury in her opening statement that Christian’s mother, Maria, falsely accused Feistel of molesting her son to protect herself and regain control of her relationship with her older daughter.
See this report from SanDiego6.com for all the details.
12/15/09 – Mistrial Declared
The trial of Adrienne Feistel has ended with a mistrial when the jury reported it was hopelessly deadlocked.
Prosecutors plan to retry Feistel in January or February next year.
Last week, jurors told Judge Richard S. Whitney they were hopelessly deadlocked on 14 of 17 charges but had verdicts on the remaining three counts.
By today, several jurors made complaints regarding the behavior of other jurors, including accusations of a juror watching TV and another wanting to arrive at a verdict based on how she felt in her heart, rather than by following the instructions set by the law.
After questioning the jurors individually, San Diego Superior Court Judge Richard S. Whitney determined Tuesday that there had been juror misconduct in the trial. He then dismissed the panel.
01/15/10 – Guilty Plea On One Count
Reportedly, Adrienne Feistel pleaded guilty yesterday to a single count of statutory rape.
Sentencing is set for March 18th and Feistel faces a possible sentence of up to three years in prison.
04/23/10 – Sentencing
Yesterday, Adrienne Feistel was sentenced to three years in state prison.
Dammm these teachers are straight crazy …There was a teacher named (Name deleted by site moderator) 5 yrs ago who molested a mentally challenge teen girl at springall school in San Diego. cops never did anything.
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She’ll really have a great time now. I bet the ladies in there will give her a good time.
what a bunch of i*****, wishing they were under this sort of pressure when they were kids and some actually admitting they did the same thing when they were younger. Your the ones we should look out for, because now you have it in your simple little mind that this is ok to do. Now let me ask you this, if it was a girl that this had happened to and it was a man that had commited the crime, would you be so happy that it happened or just say it was your sister or daughter that it happened to, would you be smiling still, bragging on how you did it when you were a little kid, didnt think so you simple minded i****. it was a crime either way.
she shud hav done it w/ me… i wudnt hav snitched her out
“I don’t believe for a second the mom’s story. she didn’t tell police because she is illegal and didn’t want to get caught”.
Exactly, that was the best chance Feistel had not to be caught.
The conspiration theory must include also the other student and fellow co-worker/s statements? You know, the “Mary Kay Letourneau obsession” and the nervous breakdown at counselor’s. What can possibly meant Feistel with “What if I did something to a student?” BTW, was that related to some sort of innapropiate behavior with students?
Yes, all circunstancial. As long as there are no physical evidence with de 12 yo student and the second student has changed twice his statement she can be declared not guilty in cour by reasonable doubt. Commons sense tells me she is guilty, guilty, guilty.
Addictions can twist persons minds and make them do unbelievable things. She needs help desperately.
who the f#*@ told? what an i****. when i was in 8th grade (14 y.o.) me and a buddy of mine made out with my social studies teacher, she was 24. nobody found out and nobody told. i’m 32 now, but this type of thing has been happening before me and it will continue as long as everybody agrees to shut the f#*@ up. but i don’t believe for a second the mom’s story. she didn’t tell police because she is illegal and didn’t want to get caught. i’m willing to bet money on it!
Cougar redefined.
She wouldn’t have had to pressure me, I would’ve (Deleted by site moderator) for sure
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That is the kind of pressure I wish I was under when I was 14 years old! What could a pretty woman like this want with a pubescent child? She’s a very sick individual, but I’ll bet she’s a virtuoso of the BJ.