Joelle Ogletree, the Texas high school teacher wrongfully accused of having sex with her students, was “Nifonged” by her school district’s rush to judgement. Just like in the Duke lacrosse case, a zealous prosecutor combined with overeager school officials to charge an innocent person with criminal behavior.
Now Joelle Ogletree is fighting back by filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Glen Rose, Texas school board. She refused to buckle under enormous pressure and accept a plea bargain that would have avoided an almost certain jail term.
Deja vu the Duke lacrosse case anyone? Joelle was Nifonged for sure!
Here is a picture of Joelle Ogletree, the teacher wrongfully accused of having sex with students:
Five years ago, French teacher Joelle Ogletree was accused of having sex with three students at a high school in Texas. Ogletree, maintaining her innocence, refused to accept the prosecutor’s plea deal, and by the time the trial rolled around, one student admitted to lying and the other two were discredited.
The fact that the student who admitted lying was the son of the mayor and that the other two constantly changed their stories and made up new details of encounters not previously disclosed didn’t seem to faze the prosecutor one bit.
Is he a Mike Nifong clone or what? Here’s a link to a local paper with all the juicy details about the prom king and the mayor’s son who accused Joelle Ogletree.
Joelle and her husband had to refinance their house twice to pay over $100,000 in legal bills, but she never gave up in spite of prosecutorial misconduct and school officials deliberately influencing the accusers to stand by their stories.
Even when one of the accusers recanted at a church retreat and admitted the whole thing was all a lie, the prosecutor pressed on. Now, Joelle Ogletree is saying it’s payback time.
Unable to regain her teaching job despite her court victory, Joelle is basing her suit on the fact that the school officials interviewed the two initial claimants together which makes them less likely to admit a lie. They also called the students in for questioning over a dozen times, asking leading questions and encouraging them to stand by their unsubstantiated claims, before firing Mrs. Ogletree only a few days later.
Even worse, Joelle Ogletree isn’t even allowed on school property, even as a volunteer at her daughter’s elementary school. Where does she go to get her good name back?
Here’s a link to the Fox News video about the Joelle Ogletree case.
Tags: joelle ogletree, nifonged, teacher, teacher arrested
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:57 am
I am so glad you have published this disturbing story. Joelle is standing up for teachers everywhere, especially for the ones in her district, but few appreciate it. The new superintendent is pressing firm with his decision that she is guilty by accusation. I’m sure he got his info from the former superintendent, who left the mess in his lap. It is a shame that he doesn’t read the evidence and make up his own mind. I was at the trial for the two days of its duration. I really wondered if she was guilty until I and saw Matt testify. It was soooo incredibly obvious that he was lying. The boys’ fathers and grandfathers were in the audience. They saw and heard everything the rest of us did. How the Wilsons can support their son after hearing his co-conspirator testify is beyond belief. It was a good ole’ boys court that day. It was obvious the judge was ticked off that the defense had gotten a high powered lawyer from Dallas instead of a local yokel. I believe that when he saw that the prosecution had absolutely nothing, he declared a mistrial. Doug Ogletree had those boys in class for the year preceeding the trial, and as the boys themselves will tell you, he never “intimidated” them, and that he was quite nice to them, which in itself is amazing! I applaud Sam for telling the truth. I know it must have been very hard for him, since his parents and the Wilsons are best friends.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:00 am
Per this comment: “Here’s a link to a local paper with all the juicy details”
This is NOT a link to the Glen Rose Reporter (i.e. the town’s newspaper); it is a link to a blog. The blog is set-up to support Democrats and other liberals.
Make sure you check your source before making these false claims!! And passing off “liberal opinions” as an unbiased newspaper report.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:07 am
To the poster that said this is a blog–the info shared was in an AP newspaper report…and shared on this blog…
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:09 am
There is absolutely no way that the superintendent can allow Mrs. Ogletree to teach in that school. If there is even the slightest chance that she is a danger to those students, she can’t be let back in. What would happen if she were apermitted to teach there again? You would have parents keeping their kids home in protest! I’m not saying that she is guilty or not guilty. I don’t know. Only the good Lord knows what happened, as well as the boys and the teacher. It’s just naïve of someone to think that she should or even could be let back in to teach. I feel for her if the allegations are false. I also feel for the boys and their families.. Not to mention the Ogletree family. Its just a sad situation all around. Everyone should stop throwing allegations around and let the courts do their job, but ONLY if it is done fairly and if it is. JUiST!
November 2nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I am sure that the law in the US still reads innocent until proven guilty. With Mrs. Ogletree having been proven innocent, The school board must not only re-instate her, but also reimburse her for all out of pocket expenses and lost wages. I feel truely bad for her situation. We as a society have destroyed all of the good we do by destroying those who do that good. The courts have done their job and proven the allegations false. Now we as a society must drop our stones and ask Mrs. Ogletree for forgiveness for persecuting her unfairly.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I was surprised at Dr. Phils observation that Joelle reaction to accusation of improper behaviour was not right. After suffering for 5 years what reaction was he expecting! This lady has lived that nightmare for 5 years and still must be suffering in solitude. And Dr. Phil wants her to respond as she was hearing those accusations for the first time.
I expected more maturity or experience on Human behaviour from Dr. Phil.
This lady has been cleared by the courts now and she only expects justice from the system. Her answers were appropriate where she was finding holes in the accusers statement proving them guilty.
Lady, u have suffered enough and I hope that u are compensated enough financially so that u can start something u like and start your own new life.
Good luck to you.
I heard what she had to say and the student too on the Dr. Phil show and i feel surprised that the school district accepted the version of the kids without giving the teacher a hearing at all. This is shameful. The student was clearily lying and living in his world of fantasy.
%This lady should be allowed back to teach and the whole community should offer their sincere apology to her.
She seems to be a teacher overtly friendly to her students and that was her fault. She was just 24 years that time and poor lady, her friendly gestures led to her fall.
There are teachers who are very friendly with students and plays kiddish pranks with the kids. This should be a lesson to all those women teachers that this society does not accept such ‘good’ friendly approach but really the cane method of teaching.
Shame on the school.
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Why do you assume these young men were lying?
I just saw her on Dr. Phil and she seems very guilty to me, honestly.
It’s also interesting Joelle crossed this line herself before; she married a man who was HER high school teacher.
I was sexually harassed by a young female teacher when I was in high school, but I didn’t ever say anything because it didn’t bother me that much.
Just admit it Joelle, you had sex with those young men because you found it exciting and thought you could get away with it.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Take a look at the Texas Education Association document about her hearing to reinstate her teacher’s license.
http://www.soah.state.tx.us/PFDSearch/Search.asp
put in Ogletree for keyword and then look at document 701-06-1196-ec-pfd1.pdf.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Hey Cameron (Dip-shit)…
It’s already been cleared in legal court with VALID EVIDENCE through legal reasoning to go along with scientific graphs that these accusers were FALSE.Okay?
Credentialed psychologists already concluded that these boys FAILED the polygraph test with the results being “deception.” There IS NO VALID EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER to support the claims of her accusers. To say that she had sex with her students just because her husband was her school teacher is a FALLACY OF FALSE CAUSE–meaning that these accusers used a “coincidental premise” (which factually has NOTHING TO DO with her allegations and is completely POINTLESS) to support their false claim. It’s funny how that’s ALL they had to support themselves too.
How can you think you can openly support unproven, inconsistent claims of dipshit kids with PTA-Bible thumping trailer trash parents that don’t know horse-shit from applesauce who believe every stupid lie their manipulative little kids have to say? You can’t support any of Joelle’s allegations without letting yourself look like a complete and total IDIOT, so I advise you to have yourself a nice warm glass of “shut the hell up.”
Let’s stick with the FACTS buddy, because according to that, you’re WRONG–along with everyone else using this false cause to support these factually fallacious accusers.
-Rob
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 am
Glen Rose was very fortunate to have the talents of Joelle as one of their own. She is very guilty of loving her profession and caring for her students.
Let’s see three boys with no credibility.
Boy #1 recants.
Boy #2 fails lie detector.
Boy#3 fails lie detector by a long shot. Not even close according to professional that administered test.
Can’t believe some of you yahoos still thinks she’s guilty. This scares me to death and hope I’m not subjected to a jury of my so-called peers. I think some of you have 1)issues and need serious therapy 2) are just jealous 3) into conspiracy theories.
Joelle’s guilty of being young,pretty,and caring about her students. She has shown amazing class and courage by staying and fighting for the truth. Most of us would have taken the plea and moved away.
Dr. Phil is a good man but he should of factored in that Joelle has battled this for over FIVE years and her emotions are more in control and would rather expose the lies than react on emotion.
Joelle hopefully will move on and will touch others with her unique gifts. I hope she is compensated but I’m sure that she would give it all back to be just a humble servant French teacher in a small Texas town she loves.
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I cannot believe that these boys could make up these fantasy lies, ruin an innocent person’s life, and live with themselves. I hope that their lives are ruined now that the truth has come out. I hope that Joelle wins her lawsuit against the school. She has suffered enough. I also didn’t like how Dr. Phil thought it was odd about the way she was acting on the show and I thought that she presented herself with a lot of class. Yes she was acting like her own attorney by pointing out the inconsistencies which I thought was very smart on her part instead of just being emotional and losing her cool.
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I, too, watched both sessions of Dr. Phil and the Joelle Ogletree case; also was surprised at Dr. Phil’s reaction to Joelle’s matter-of-fact response to Friday night’s guy’s accusations. Surely, the first year after the accusations started, Joelle’s reaction must have been even more bitter than she still is–the way Dr. Phil apparently expected her to be Friday night. What he didn’t understand is that once the first big shock and anger is subsided, there follows a period of a more sobering realization of what exactly has been done to you. The tears stop and the whole issue becomes a “payback, revenge,” or “get down to business” situation. At this point emotions move backstage and clearer thinking and objectivity become the new approach. I am certain that Joelle has reached this stage and therefore reacted the way she did.
I haven’t read any details regarding the relationships between these three students and the relationships between these students’ parents. But while watching the show last night, I wondered why nobody mentioned a possible connection between Joelle and the boys’ parents, specifically the mothers. Joelle is fairly pretty, and five years ago probably was even prettier. Plus, she is relatively young. Could it be that any of these mothers were jealous enough to start a gossip that eventually led to the Joelle’s indictment?
Finally, a question for Cameron (comment #7): Were you raised in Salem, MA?
November 5th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
In reply to James’s comment who said this:
“There is absolutely no way that the superintendent can allow Mrs. Ogletree to teach in that school. If there is even the slightest chance that she is a danger to those students, she can’t be let back in. What would happen if she were apermitted to teach there again? You would have parents keeping their kids home in protest! I’m not saying that she is guilty or not guilty. I don’t know. Only the good Lord knows what happened, as well as the boys and the teacher. It’s just naïve of someone to think that she should or even could be let back in to teach. I feel for her if the allegations are false. I also feel for the boys and their families.. Not to mention the Ogletree family. Its just a sad situation all around. Everyone should stop throwing allegations around and let the courts do their job, but ONLY if it is done fairly and if it is. JUST!”
Rob’s reply:
What the hell is your point? Should she be punished for something that she didn’t do? Are you retarded? So it’s okay to punish her by not letting her teach for something that she was falsely accused of, even though she didn’t do it?
Just because someone gets accused for doing something, doesn’t mean that they actually did it. Your comment states nothing but an overused fallacy used by dipshit politicians who don’t have a point to back themselves up and it’s called: Amoeba Vocaubla–the fallacy of using unsure, tentative-but pointless expressions to avoid committing to a statement.
It’s like you’re unsure of what you’re saying–yeah justice should be served, duh, but not to the wrong person. How f***ing retarded does that sound to say that you’re not sure about something and then state that she should just be punished for it anyway? What would happen if she got to teach at that school again is the PTA and the board of education would realize how big of DIPSHITS they really are and apologize–that to go along with giving her the money that they TRULY OWE HER for breaking the law in the first place by unlawfully firing her without reason. They had no reason to fire her in the first place because they had no factual evidence, neither was it even announced that she was guilty in the legal court, so the school board had apparently BROKEN THE LAW.
Who should really be punished here, huh?
Exactly.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
In response to this comment:
“I haven’t read any details regarding the relationships between these three students and the relationships between these students’ parents. But while watching the show last night, I wondered why nobody mentioned a possible connection between Joelle and the boys’ parents, specifically the mothers. Joelle is fairly pretty, and five years ago probably was even prettier. Plus, she is relatively young. Could it be that any of these mothers were jealous enough to start a gossip that eventually led to the Joelle’s indictment?”
The mothers are actually quite pretty and if I recall correctly, Joelle was not that popular in school or in the town. Pretty, yes; – popular, no. I don’t know anyone that has ever been jealous of Joelle. (with all due respect to Joelle)
It’s kind of a joke in town that these guys even “fantasized” about her. It’s just ridiculous. She wouldn’t have married Doug is guys were knocking down her door.
November 9th, 2007 at 9:30 am
“She wouldn’t have married Doug if guys were knocking down her door”????
So what, people don’t marry other people because they love them, just because they’re the youngest and best looking?
What does that complete fallacy have to do with anything?
Look, the lady was falsely accused by three high school guys, two of which still won’t tell the truth. That’s all we know. Why do we have to degrade the woman in order to defend her. She’s innocent. That’s enough. Don’t do an injustice to her in order to defend her.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:47 am
It seems obvious that the two kids are making up stories – I read some of the recorded accusations of Chayce and they totally sound like he’s lying.
But, I will admit: she’s beautiful and it is very intriguing to think that she did get sexual with them.
But, it is sad to think that a schoolboy fantasy escalated to this level. It would have been better for the guys to have individually made a move on her if they liked her so much. At least she would have put them in their place and give them perspective.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Per this comment: “Why do we have to degrade the woman in order to defend her. She’s innocent. That’s enough. Don’t do an injustice to her in order to defend her.”
In NO WAY am I defending this woman. I was defending the mothers of the boys that are caught up in this tragic story because someone made a comment that the boys mother’s were probably jealous of Joelle and started the rumors themselves, which, if you are from Glen Rose, makes you laugh out loud.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:03 am
Any clear-minded, rational person who has looked at the facts in this case would be disgusted and furious at the way Ms. Ogletree has been treated. In my world, lawsuits are a last resort. This case personifies the reason they exist. Who could blame Ms. Ogletree if she just walked away from all of this–AFTER 5 YEARS–and tried to put it behind her. Instead, at great personal, emotional and financial cost, she is holding the people WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER accountable.
Irresponsible troublemaking kids have been spreading rumors since the dawn of time. It’s up to the adults who are responsible for them to properly evaluate these types of circumstances BEFORE taking action. Is there an excuse to fire someone based on an accusation without even allowing the accused the opportunity to address the allegations? NO! While the phrase “gross negligence” sounds strong–it doesn’t even begin to describe the institutional negligence demonstrated by the school board.
I don’t want to go on and on, so I’ll just end with this: Put yourself in Joelle’s place. Imagine fighting accusations–from some of the worst liars I’ve ever seen, I might add–for 5 years and still suffering punitive punishment by the school board–just because they can.
I am strongly opposed to opportunistic people bilking governmental entities for millions of dollars based on technicalities and trumped up, exaggerated charges. That is the wrong action for the wrong reasons. Ms. Ogletree’s lawsuit is exactly the opposite. Given the rampant ignorance and idiocy displayed by the former and current school board–I can’t conceive of an award that would be too generous.
November 21st, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Hi , im from Australia , and this show just aired here for the past to days . I was very interested in the story. A face off between the teacher and the students. I must admit on the first episode , i was slightly beleiving that Joelle was somewhat guilty. When i say somewhat i mean i beleived that there was some innapropriate behaviour on her behalf, but not to the extent of the accusations. By the end of the second episode , and seeing the clear inconsistancy in matts story and the clear failure of the pholygraph test made me re think my opinion. The code letter writing to Matt was enough to put doubt in many peoples heads. when she said it meant “SOMETIMES I JUST WISH YOU WERE FUNNIER MATT” seems odd. I come from a small town also , and work in a school environment. I would never invite my students to help me move a piano , or anything like that at all. there is a line you draw with students! She clearly crossed that line by having him come over . regardless to whether Doug was present or not. She also made the big mistake of taking Matt in her car , just the 2 of them! it is common knowledge that you should never travel alone with just one student. This gave Matt safe ground on his story , because it was his word against hers. I wish her well , and really hope that she can get her life back on track! You live and learn ! and theres lots to learn out of this story for everyone!
My conclusion is clouded on it all. I beleive that she was a victim in this , but i also beleive that she gave opportunity for the boys to carry these claims as far as they did. You give a 16 year old boy an inch .. he will take a mile everytime!
To Joelle , you have guts! I wish you well in your future !
Your story reached across the globe and im sure has helped many people !!
From the Land down under with the kangaroos and koalas!
dan
November 21st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
ROB- You are an agressive and pompous dipshit yourself buddy. If you were any further ‘up yourself’ youd fricken turn inside out…. geez- how about YOU have a nice cup of shhut te hell up and then another one. Cameron and the others are entitled to their opinions without being called ‘retarded’.
I also saw the Dr Phil info about this and although the boys and their families seem a little dodgy- SO does JOELLE. Even if all the sexual allegations are not true, I’d bet my life that at least SOME of it is. She crossed the lone as a teacher in many, many ways. And behaved in poor immature judgement.
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 am
Catherine, how do you “cross the “lone” as a teacher?” lol
P.S. — Just because you “bet your life” that “some” of her allegations are true, doesn’t make that a fact. Where is your evidence to support that claim? Exactly. Your fallacy is called: “Subjectivity.” (Look it up if you don’t know what that means.)
Take care sweetie.
-Rob
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:44 am
CONCLUSION
Here are the facts of this case:
1) One of Joelle’s accusers recanted his testimony and admitted he was lying and could not be found to testify on the Dr Phil show
2) The second boy failed the lie detector test and on ALL THREE questions the polygraph expert determined he was lying
3) The third boy, Matt failed the lie detector test and the polygraph expert determined he was being deceitful
Matt was inconsistent with all of his facts and made the excuse that it was “six years ago” and that he couldn’t remember. That’s absurd. If you had been involved in a sexual affair with a high school teacher do you think you would have forgotten ANYTHING???
Joelle also called the boy on dates, times, clothing worn, places and he fudged every single question.
Instead of making the “typical American” of condemning someone without evidence and using the idiotic ‘there is no smoke without fire’ technique: simply examine the facts dispassionately, sit back and make your decision.
If she were guilty why would she go $100,000 in debt to prove her innocence? if she were guilty why would she risk being unmasked in front of millions of people on the Dr Phil show?
Joelle Ogletree has way more credibility than a few hormone-riddled 15 year olds, one of whom has admitted to lying and two of whom have been exposed as liars on national TV.
She is courageously facing down her accusers and has successfully proved her innocence both in court, on national TV and in the court of public opinion.
The boys were lying.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:07 pm
hey rob , i see your point and its all in favour of Joelle ! undoubtably so , but i believe that what has made this a questionable is the fact that Matt had no problem in facing her on the show , and looked into her eyes when saying what he alleged had taken place. He has got alot to lose also if he was found to be lying. The code letter writing she admitted was wrong and stupid , and it was … it was a sign of immaturity on her behalf to be playing such games with a 16 yr old boy.
She had no real explanation as to why she did it , and when saying what it meant like , Im So Sorry Matt , I wish you were just funnier matt ect.. seems odd dont you think? I know she has spent alot of coin in proving her innocence! and i would too if i was facing 160 years in jail!
She is a victim in this , but to what exent i dont know.
The courts have decided and thats that , but you will never convince everyone she was completley innocent in all this! But based on the evidence she is clearly innocent.
dan from down under
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
You Americans always manage to keep the rest of the world entertained! Theres a saying “Only in America” , when you come from Australia it seems so true. We love watching your reality shows ect. never a dull moment in the USA . keep it up! hehe
I think Rob and Catherine should have a face off, would be a good one! although Rob i think catherine might get the better of you! she is a firey one!
cheers guys!
dan
November 24th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Amen Dan. Very well said! Anyways…
If you would like to see me lay the SMACKETH DOWN on everything that anyone has to say against Joelle Ogletree, go to the Joelle Ogletree blog on Zimbio.com and read all my comments. If you don’t want to take your time to read all of my comments (simply because you might not feel like seeing me rip on anymore ignoramus’s) at least read the last two comments of that blog which concludes and answers all of the concerns you just brought up to me in your above comment (and that includes the so called “letter coding”).
Here’s the link
Take care.
-Rob
P.S. I wouldn’t mind Catherine. I like my women feisty.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
And my name in there is: “Ohfoshoh.” (like “Oh for sure”)
December 20th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Partial transcripts from the criminal trial scanned in PDF format here -
Matt B’s testimony part 1, part 2, and transcript of mistrial
January 18th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Youtube has a video with Matt and Joelle on Dr Phil and what he said about moving the piano. He got skewered and served for breakfast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bqcGEJ7gA0
March 1st, 2008 at 2:17 am
She’s very pretty.
May 26th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Hi, I am from the Europe and the show just aired here. I am appalled and in shock what was done to this women and I find most of the comments here on target except for Becca. Her thoughts don’t make sense at all.
I wonder what her identity is, a mom of a confused testosterone driven lying teenager such as the two boys in this case and I also wonder how her looks are. Maybe she is jealous herself.
True enough for everyone involved this is an awful case also for the moms and dads. Yet I can not understand how you can help your son perpetuate lies and make complete fools out of yourself and therefor your parents on national TV.
Joelle comes appears genuine and eloquent and completely trustworthy. What blows my mind is that they never questioned her and believed some ratty, adolescent confused boys from the start. Even after one recanted!
Joelle is pretty and I can not imagine any of the moms of the two boys that perpetuated these lies being prettier, on the outside nor on the inside!
I respect Sam for stepping up the plate and the only way to get respect back for the other two is if they come clean.
But somehow the eyes of Matt tell me he is not man enough to do that. I call those false eyes.
Very well done for her to keep fighting, all my respect.
Matt is completely incredible, the way he sits there in the video, his voice even skips as if he is still 16, he looks her in the eye true but more in a way to
June 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I also have to side with Mrs. Ogletree on this. She seems to be much more credible than the inconsistent claims of dipshit kids with PTA-Bible thumping trailer trash parents (Love that line Rob, egad is there anything more twisted and manipulative than religion?)
But I’m curious if yall feel there should be a double standard in regards to boy vs girls. Personally I think its ludicrous to call a 15 year old boy having sex with his teacher rape. Young boys are not vulnerable like young girls, and IMO aren’t in any danger in that regard. Sex is different for boys and girls, and I think these nuances should be reflected in these laws. I do feel it is wrong, conflict of interest : I don’t believe a college professor should date a student either….nothing to do with age.
Most teenage boys would be ecstatic to have teen sex with an older woman that attractive, and the fact that they are going so out of their way to implicate her smacks of these boys having been rebuked in some way by her.
My favorite The Door’s lyric refers to this mentality,
“women seem wicked, when you’re unwanted”
People are strange….
June 16th, 2008 at 9:57 am
How can anyone even think she is guilty after what those boys said and failed to prove!! Kids lie all the time to cover up things they have done. I too believe these boys were put off by her NOT wanting to be close to them. Some day they will pay for what they have done to her. The school district needs to pay now!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
There is little doubt now that Mrs Joelle Ogletree is innocent of sexual misconduct and that her accusers are guilty of slander. The polygraph tests are solid evidence however the courts may have found. However, the courts found in her favor anyway in the most sensational fashion (recant of testimony by an accuser). That is what is called a “Perry Mason” moment. Declaring a mistrial in that case was simply underhanded. The judge should have read the riot act to the procecutor and directed a verdict of “not guilty”.
Doctor Phil is an idiot. What he was thinking of by harrassing Mrs Ogletree and deriding her “reactions” is one for the real shrinks to dissect. I suspect that Phil is just a moron as I said, but it is also possible that he was trying to force the woman to cry in front of the camera.
If there is any justice, the Ogletrees will skin the sanctimonious citizens of that town for a million bucks, at least.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Unfortunately, I only watched Day 1 of the show when it aired recently in my locale. Nevertheless, I pursued whatever other information I could learn on this case.
These accusations are of interest to me because I am a female teacher also. Fortunately, when I was doing my student teaching, as well as in my first couple of years of teaching, I was given good advice by seasoned teachers about how to behave with students. I, too, wished to be friendly with students, but realized my first role was to educate them. I am sure Mrs. Ogletree can look back and wish she had kept more distance in some cases or at least done some things differently, but the accusations themselves made against her are over the top — since they have been shown to be lies. Has anyone thought that perhaps at least one or two of these boys may have DREAMED their fantasies, and that sharing their dreams or fantasies with someone else could have started the rumours? If this is the case, we are all at risk.
It is unfortunate — and scary — to see a teacher who is innocent of the extreme behaviour she is accused of taken down with other teachers who have clearly been guilty of similar charges.
MAY JUSTICE RULE!!!
Sylvia
December 8th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Did Joelle Ogletree ever get cleared of all this crap?
July 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
So if I want to bookmark this blog do I have to setup a Reddit account first?