Two Kentucky high school students were charged with felony video voyeurism after they allegedly held a cellphone under a teacher’s dress and posted the video on YouTube.
Police say Doss High School seniors Devon Ewing, 18, and Eugene Cain, 18, coordinated the effort, claiming Ewing distracted the female teacher so Cain could slip an iPhone under her skirt inside their Louisville classroom.
They face school disciplinary action and if convicted, one to five years in prison.
According to the arrest warrant, Ewing asked the teacher for assistance and when she bent over to help him, Cain recorded her private areas by putting Ewing’s iPhone underneath her butt.
‘One distracted the teacher in the classroom while the other one positioned himself to hold a camera with video capabilities underneath her skirt,’ said Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Lt Col Carl Yates to WLKY.
The incident took place on Wednesday, Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.
‘They certainly violated this teacher, taking that cellphone video and posting it. It’s very embarrassing for her. We are sorry it happened. But, the students have to serve the consequences for that and learn a lesson,’ Mrs Roberts said to WLKY.
After filming the video, the two teens allegedly worked together to post it on YouTube and told their peers where to find it.
Lt Yates said that authorities were quickly alerted and that the school had been trying to devise a way to curb the use of cellphones in the classroom.
‘I suppose in some case they thought it what was a prank is a serious situation,’ Lt Yates said.
The two were arrested by a deputy sheriff that works in their school, according to WLKY.
‘I can’t take it back I just hope that god forgives me and that she finds it in her heart to forgive me,’ Eugene Cain said on his Facebook page, possibly referring to the teacher he hurt.
‘I F**ked up big time. I did something dumb I could of just F**ked up my life .’
He also complained about the food in jail, saying it was ‘nasty.’
Devon Ewing’s Facebook page was more combative and he flat out denied the entire incident.
‘I swear to god if anybody believes that f***ing news yall REALLY must not know me ,’ he announced.
Numerous self-portraits featuring an iPhone, possibly the one used in the alleged voyeurism incident, make up Ewing’s albums.
The two face up to five years in prison if they are found guilty.
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