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Trial: Debra Lafave during her court hearing for having sex with a 14-year-old middle school student
The disgraced teacher who made headlines in 2004 for having sex with one of her 14-year-old students is pregnant with twin boys.
Debra Lafave, now 30, from Florida, is four months pregnant and living with her fiancé in an attempt to get her life back on track.
Lafave - who is now using her maiden name Beasley - was ordered to stay away from children after it was discovered she had been having sex with the boy while she was a teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida.
She was charged with two counts of felonies after pleading guilty to having sexual intercourse and oral sex on four different occasions with the boy - one of which was at school.
But she served no jail time because the boy's mother did not want him to have to go through the trauma of the trial.
According to the National Enquirer, Lafave is trying to put her past behind her and move on with her life with Shawn, 36, especially now that she is expecting twins.
A source told the magazine: 'Debra is trying to put her twisted past behind her. She and Shawn are excited about becoming parents. They've been putting together a nursery in one of the bedrooms in the home they share together.
Glamour: When the sex scandal came out, so did racy photos of Lafave which she posed for in 1999 before she was a teacher at the Florida school
Fired: Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Tampa, Florida, where Lafave had sexual intercourse with on of her 14-year-old students
'Shawn loves Debra and he doesn't care about what went on before their relationship. They're just focusing on their future together. They are engaged but havent settled on a wedding date yet.
'They're leaning towards a very small intimate gathering on a beach.'
Split: With her husband Owen Lafave, who divorced her after the scandal
Lafave was reported by the boy's mother and was immediately arrested. But the mother then agreed to a plea bargain after learning the trial would be televised.
The pretty blonde was then sentenced to only seven years probation and three years house arrest.
The story took a bizarre twist after John Gillespie, the lead detective in her case, was arrested before the trial in an unrelated prostitution sting, while Tampa Bay Police officers were probed when it was revealed they took graphic nude photos of Lafave while she was in stirrups in a jail cell.
In 2009, once she completed sex offender therapy, a judge allowed her to have contact with her relative's children, though she was still banned from living within 1,000 feet of where children congregate.
Lafave later went on national television to explain her actions, attributing her indiscretions to bipolar disorder, hyper-sexuality and poor judgement during manic episodes.
The source told the Enquirer that while Lafave is trying to get on with her life, others have not been so quick to forgive her paedophile past.
They said: 'After all of the attention Debra received following her arrest, she had a tough time finding another job.
'She was waiting tables at small diners and restaurants and would sometimes sit in as a receptionist at the local beauty salon where her mom worked.
'These days she does what she can to help Shawn with his business. She's looking forward to being a stay at home wife and mom.'
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