Modesto, CA – A California teacher who made national headlines for leaving his wife and three children for a teen student, has been accused of sexually abusing a different teenage girl that he taught in 1998.
Jordan Powers, 18, quit school to move in with her teacher James Hooker, 41, has now dumped him following his arrest for alleged sexual misconduct with another student. Jordan, who last February defended their odd pairing on national news, now fears there may be more students
“My heart dropped. I felt betrayed. I just have a gut feeling there are other girls,” Powers said, according to the ABC News interview. She went on to say, “He called me from jail and, yes, I told him that we’re done. I lost everything for this guy. I lost my senior year. I gave up all my friends at high school because they didn’t agree with me.”
Jordan’s mother, Tammie Powers, is pushing for a bill in California that would make it a felony for a public school teacher to date a student in the same school, regardless of age, even if the student is 18. Currently, 23 states now have a law forbidding teachers to date students regardless of age.
The bill will also include making it illegal to send any sexual based texts, letters or any other form of communication.
Jordan and Hooker have maintained that their love wasn’t consummated until after Jordan turned 18, however her mother has uncovered over 8,000 texts between the two spanning back to when Jordan was a minor. There were also many late night phone calls and emails between the two.
Tammie had an opportunity to confront Hooker on Dr, Phil last month and accused him of “brainwashing” her child. This sentiment I’ve seen echoed over many websites and blogs while researching this article. Many have called him a predator and accused him of grooming his students.
Hooker now has a $50,0000 bail, a public defender and a hearing on Tuesday in hopes of reducing his bail amount. With all the publicity and the creepy old man factor involved, I doubt that he will get it.
Let’s recap. Since the second month of this year, Hooker has lost his wife and children, his job, has been arrested for fiddling a teen fourteen years ago and lost his teen live-in girlfriend along with the remains of any dignity he may have possessed.
Good job, man. You’re a dipshit.
Tags: California, Crime, James Hooker, Jordan Powers, Sexual Assault, student, teacher
