Jailed 'sexting teacher' Brittany Zamora is divorcing husband — while she's serving 20 years for sex romps with teen boy
Convicted teacher Brittany Zamora, who was jailed last year for sexual activity with her 13-year-old boy student, has filed for divorce from her husband who stood by her throughout her sentencing, according to court documents.
The former educator was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Arizona in July 2019 after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with a sixth-grade student, molestation of a child and public sexual indecency.
Now, jailed sixth grade teacher Brittany Zamora, 28, is claiming in her divorce petition that her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Daniel Zamora, is “broken beyond repair” without “hope of reconciliation,” The Arizona Republic reports.
Daniel Zamora was served by Brittany with the petition for divorce on April 30, according to a notice of service included in court documents. Court records indicate that he has yet to respond to the former teacher.
Brittany Zamora alleges that her relationship with her husband, Daniel Zamora, is “broken beyond repair” without “hope of reconciliation,” according to a petition for dissolution of the marriage filed in Maricopa County Family Court in late April. The divorce filing comes nearly a year after Zamora started a 20-year sentence in the Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville in Goodyear.Former teacher Brittany Zamora files for divorce while imprisoned for molesting 13-year-old student
Brittany and Daniel Zamora were married for four years before the teacher’s explosive sex scandal became national news. They do not have children together, according to the filing, and the convicted sex offender has chosen not to change her name at this time, local news source KTVK Phoenix reports. She also indicated that she is not seeking spousal support in the divorce and is relinquishing her stake in the family home and all other communal property.
Brittany Zamora was arrested in March 2018 after the parents of one of her students at Las Brisas Elementary in Goodyear, Arizona, discovered sexually explicit messages between the then-27-year-old teacher and the student on the boy’s phone.
She was accused of molesting her sixth-grade student, including performing sexual activities with him while other students were in the classroom. The victim also told police he and Brittany Zamora had sex multiple times in her car and classroom, including once while another male student in the room stood on lookout.
Brittany Zamora had been teaching at the school for less than a year and was known among parents as the “most sought-out” sixth-grade teacher. However students who spoke to local media outlets at the time said the teacher’s relationship with the student in question seemed strange and divorced from reality.
Daniel Zamora seemingly stuck by his wife’s side through the teacher’s arrest and sentencing, during which in her first court appearance, Brittany told the judge that she really wanted to go home to her husband — a sharp contrast to what she’s now asserting in the divorce documents.
The boy’s parents also claimed that the teacher’s husband, Daniel Zamora, called them and begged them not to report Brittany to police after they discovered sexually explicit texts between the pair. He insisted that Brittany had “made a big mistake, but that she loved the kids.” It makes this month’s divorce filings ironic.
According to court documents, the victim’s father made a second complaint to police in late March 2018, claiming that the Zamoras were harassing him over the phone, suggesting they all meet up and trying to “settle” the matter privately.
The family of the victim filed a civil lawsuit against Daniel Zamora and Liberty Elementary School District, seeking $2.5 million in damages. They claimed both were aware of rumors for more than a month before the sexual abuse was revealed. The lawsuit also accused Daniel of failing to alert authorities after he learned of his wife’s actions. He settled for an undisclosed amount in 2019.
The victim’s father told police that he received a phone call from Zamora and her husband, pleading with him not to contact the police. During that phone call, Zamora’s husband got on the phone and told the victim’s father that Zamora made a big mistake but that she loved the kids, documents state. The victim’s father told officers that Zamora’s husband asked to handle the situation informally and said that they should “meet up” and “settle this.” The victim’s father declined and ended the phone call.Convicted Goodyear teacher Brittany Zamora files for divorce from prison
As reported by People, the victim’s stepmother told police that she noticed the boy was acting suspiciously and insisted on shutting his door at night.
She installed a parental monitoring app on the 13-year-old’s phone, which allowed her to receive alerts about inappropriate text messages. After confronting the student, he eventually came clean about his sexual relationship with Brittany Zamora, police records show.
The divorce filing does not indicate how these events played into the eventual dissolution of teacher Brittany and Daniel Zamora’s relationship.
Along with several sexually-charged texts, Brittany Zamora also sent the boy naked photos of herself. Soon, the relationship became more daring, with the teacher playing an educational video during one of her classes and sexually fondling the victim in the back of the classroom, according to police.
On another occasion, the victim and his friend stayed behind after school one day to prepare for a talent show. Brittany Zamora began kissing the 13-year-old while his friend was in the room, who she told to be on lookout before they had sex.
“They were just doing it,” the friend told police officers, according to court records obtained by People. “It was very uncomfortable.”
When interviewed by police, the 13-year-old boy claimed that his relationship with his teacher started when Brittany Zamora began “flirting” with him in a classroom chat group.
According to court records, Zamora, then a 27-year-old instructor at Las Brisas Academy, sent several sexually-charged texts to the sixth grader. In one exchange, the boy texted Zamora, saying that he wanted to have sex with her. “I know baby!” she responded, according to court records. “I want you every day with no time limit.” In another exchange, she texted him that “If I could quit my job and [have sex with] you all day long, I would.” Police also say Zamora sent the boy naked photos and at least one picture of herself in lingerie.Imprisoned Ariz. Teacher Who Sexually Abused 6th-Grade Boy Files for Divorce from Husband
One week after Brittany Zamora was sentenced to 20 years in the Arizona State Prison Complex without parole, the lawyer representing the victim and his family spoke out, saying they are humiliated and deeply concerned about how the abuse will impact him.
Lawyer Steven Weinberger told Oxygen in July last year that the boy was “experiencing behavior issues that he did not have before that are a result of all of this.” Weinberger said the family had taken the victim out of the school where the sexual abuse occurred and transferred him to a new school.
The lawyer said that the family was worried about the future of the student and his relationship with women because of the sexual abuse inflicted upon him by Brittany Zamora.
“While the family has done a great job shielding their identity from the media, there are those in their area and school […] by process of elimination were able to” figure out who they are, Weinberger told Oxygen.com. He said sometimes the family is approached while they are out in public and questioned by members of their community. Weinberger called that “very difficult for them, very embarrassing, very humiliating.” “They wouldn’t wish this on anyone else,” he said.‘They Wouldn’t Wish This On Anyone Else’: Family Of Brittany Zamora’s Victim Just Trying To Move On
Brittany Zamora received credit for time served in jail between her arrest and her prison admission on July 17, 2019. After her release in 2038, when she will have been long divorced, the teacher will be on probation for the rest of her life and must register as a sex offender.
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