Former Palmetto High Teacher Jason Meyers Sentenced To Prison After Student Rape Conviction

CBS Miami

March 22, 2023

MIAMI -- A popular former teacher at Palmetto Senior High School teacher who was convicted in January of having sex with an underage student was ordered to prison Monday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda ordered Jason Meyers to serve 20 years in prison after being convicted on three counts of statutory rape. Jurors determined he used his position of authority to have sex with a student when she was 17. Meyers could have been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty by the jury.

The judge, who also rejected a defense motion for a new trial, ruled that Meyers, 47, would serve 20 years for each of the three counts he was found guilty of but she said the sentences would run concurrently.

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