A former Indiana high school teacher is facing two dozen more felony charges, as prosecutors accuse her of arranging group sex with middle and high school boys as young as 13 years old while they allegedly wore Scream masks.
According to new court documents filed in Morgan County obtained by TMZ, prosecutors are alleging that Brittany Fortinberry committed crimes against a sixth victim.
County prosecutor Steven P. Sonnega told the outlet that Fortinberry, 31, will be charged with 24 additional felonies, bringing her total to 29, including five Level 1 child molestation counts.
Sonnega told TMZ that Fortinberry will be advised of the new charges and potential penalties at a court hearing. He added that the five Level 1 child molestation charges could carry a penalty of 20 to 40 years in prison for each count.
Fortinberry is also facing 24 counts with Level 4, 5 and 6 offenses, which carry sentences ranging from two-to-12 years to one-to-six years, Sonnega added.
The former teacher’s charges include sexual misconduct with a minor, dissemination of matter harmful to minors, performing sexual conduct in the presence of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, court records show.
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The case’s original court documents show that five victims came forward early in March to allege that Fortinberry had sexually abused them.
One of her alleged young victims said that the boys involved in the incidents “had to wear a Scream mask” and “they would rotate every 15 minutes” in sexual encounters that would go on for hours, according to court documents obtained by Fox 59.
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Fortinberry was a substitute teacher for the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Martinsville and was fired, USA Today previously reported.
Before that, she worked at Eminence High School in Morgan County, where she taught several of her alleged victims, court records state, according to WTHR. She left the high school, per the outlet.
her husband, Nicholas Fortinberry, filed for divorce, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE. The couple wed
Fortinberry had been previously arrested and charged in February with three counts of sexual misconduct, one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor that had previously been filed.
Fortinberry’s trial is scheduled to begin, court records show.
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