Keg party where she charged the students $5.
Witnesses estimate as many as 70 teens came to the party and several fistfights broke out. When asked why she let young girls walk around the party in lingerie, Meyer said at the time she thought it was no different than wearing a bathing suit.
July 18, 2008 - Emily Meyer, 30, a Saturn Elementary School teacher, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading no contest to hosting a party and buying beer for dozens of underage high school students. She was also sentenced to 11 months of probation and 50 hours of community service
She told the judge that she had a drinking problem.
Meyer tried to explain how she ended up hosting a party for high schoolers when she was supposed to be house-sitting and looking after a 16-year-old girl and her younger brother. The former Saturn Elementary School teacher was captured on a Wal-Mart surveillance camera after agreeing to buy the girl's friends a keg.Meyer is currently attending AA and will be on suicide watch at the jail. At her sentencing, two teachers and her former principal testified she was an excellent teacher who should not have to serve time in jail.
"I know I was lucid enough to think to myself and to say out loud to my boyfriend at the time, 'I'm going to hell for this,'" she said.
Meyers is a single parent. Witnesses estimate as many as 70 teens came to the party and several fistfights broke out. When asked why she let young girls walk around the party in lingerie, Meyer said at the time she thought it was no different than wearing a bathing suit.
FoxOrlando: Meyer admitted to buying the keg of beer. She also admitted that at the time she didn’t care if any of the students got hurt driving home after the party. Meyer says she was having emotional problems during that period of her life and that she was using drugs and alcohol which affected her judgment.
Prosecutors are still proceeding with their case against Meyer's boyfriend, James Ali, who has also been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a party.
RELEASED August 11 - Meyer was released after seven days in jail. She still must must serve 11 months of probation and perform 50 hours of community service.
