Kentucky teacher accused of exposing herself to student during shower video chat to arrange sex

A substitute teacher in Kentucky was arrested earlier this month after allegedly exposing herself during a video chat with an underage student as part of a plan to meet for sex, authorities said.

Krystal Sims, 30, of Cave City, was arrested on Oct. 2 after the Barren County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that she had communicated with the boy to arrange a sexual encounter, according to a citation obtained by WCLU-TV.

Deputies interviewed the student, who said he met Sims while she was working as a substitute teacher in his class. He told investigators she accepted a friend request he sent her on Snapchat.

According to the boy, he and Sims began discussing plans to meet in Cave City for sex on Aug. 22. He showed deputies a recording of a call from that day in which a female voice can be heard asking if he was coming to meet her. 

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The conversation then turned into a video call, during which the boy said Sims appeared in the shower with her breasts exposed, the citation states.

During an Oct. 2 interview, Sims told deputies several students had attempted to add her on social media, but she claimed she turned down their requests. She admitted to being the woman in the recorded call, but said she only agreed to meet the student so he could apologize for his behavior in class. 

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Sims said the meeting never happened and that nothing physical occurred.

The name of the school where Sims and the underage boy met was not immediately provided. The age of the boy was also unclear.

Sims was charged with unlawfully using electronic communication to solicit, procure, or promote a child for sexual activity or other prohibited acts, according to online jail records.

She was released Monday on a $25,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Israel seizes another Gaza flotilla

Israeli forces intercepted another flotilla attempting to break the country's naval blockade and reach Gaza, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, calling the effort a "futile attempt" that "ended in nothing." The ministry also said that the vessels and passengers were transferred to an Israeli port and were safe and in good health. Passengers are expected to be deported promptly, according to the ministry.

The nine-boat fleet was carrying 145 activists participating in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens to Gaza, The Associated Press reported, citing the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Flotilla organizers said in a statement that the fleet was carrying more than $110,000 worth of aid, including medicine, respiratory equipment and nutritional supplies meant for Gaza's hospitals.

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David Heap, Canadian Boat to Gaza and Freedom Flotilla Coalition Steering Committee, asserted that "Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships."

"Our volunteers are not subject to Israeli jurisdiction and cannot be criminalized for delivering aid or challenging an illegal blockade. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end immediately," Heap added.

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This seizure comes just days after Israeli forces intercepted another aid flotilla and arrested the activists on board, including Greta Thunberg, an outspoken critic of Israel. Thunberg was also arrested while participating in a flotilla in June.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on Oct. 2, became the subject of controversy when Israel said the fleet did not have any aid. Flotilla organizers insist that the claim was "not just verifiably false; it is obscene," saying that the boats were "meticulously documented, loaded with medical supplies, food and other life-saving foods for people in Gaza."

Thunberg was also aboard another Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted in June. The climate activist said she had been "kidnapped" by Israel, a comment that drew scrutiny from those who pointed out the plight of the hostages who have been held in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. 

The activist was later deported from Israel and allegedly told attorneys she could do "more good outside of Israel," and that refusing to leave would "harm our cause," The Times of Israel reported, citing a spokesperson for Adalah, a legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel. Adalah now represents GSF, a more recent attempt to reach Gaza.

In June, when asked about Thunberg’s claim that she had been "kidnapped" by Israel, President Donald Trump said, "I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg." The president called the climate activist a "strange person" and told reporters that she needed "anger management" courses.

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