Crime & Safety
Former Miami-Dade Teacher Found Guilty Of Having Sex With Student
Meyers, 47, was arrested back in February of 2016 after he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student at Miami Palmetto High School.
January 31, 2023
A Miami-Dade jury found former Miami Palmetto Senior High School teacher Jason Meyers guilty of having sex with an underage student.
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Meyers was found guilty on all three charges he faced.
Prosecutors had portrayed Meyers as a predator who used sexual themes in his creative writing class to entice a naive, then 17-year-old student into having sex with him at least three times. The alleged victim also took the stand Thursday revealing more about her experience.
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Meyers was married at the time. His wife worked at the school and was pregnant. The pair also had three other children.
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