Brittany Fortinberry, 31, is facing dozens of charges over the sick allegations made by her friend’s son and other accusers. Victims have claimed the teacher raped at least 10 underage boys.
The new allegations come after the educator was charged with sëxually assaulting a 15-year-old boy and sending explicit messages, pictures and videos to other kids at Eminence High School in Martinsville.
Now five more alleged victims emerged, resulting in a slew of additional counts being recommended against her and her husband Nicholas Fortinberry, who cops say was aware of the alleged abuse.
Fortinberry’s friend told Detective Sergeant Patrick Williams of Morgan County Sheriff’s Office how her son had been groomed by the teacher, according to the officer’s affidavit.
She detailed how Fortinberry allegedly showered her son in expensive football gifts and tried to message him repeatedly on SnapChat, until the boy’s mom told him to block her.
She explained that her suspicions were roused after details emerged of the charges against Fortinberry stemming from her time at Eminence High School.
That prompted the mother to ask her son outright if anything happened, according to the affidavit.
He began to cry and told her that Fortinberry had bombarded him with sëxually explicit videos of herself and had provided him with drugs and what he suspected was alcohol, the document states.
The boy told Detective Williams that Fortinberry, ‘would always make him food and would buy him anything he wanted’ including ‘vapes, weed, and THC carts (cartridges)’, according to his affidavit.
He made claims about several instances where Fortinberry allegedly plied him and friends with mushroom pills before encouraging them to touch her sëxually.
