I am currently a high school teacher on my intern year who has been suspended due to a student (18) making false allegations out of spite. I lost my position in a school that I loved, I run the risk of losing sponsorship for my certification, and now I am labeled as "pervert" within the community.

Hi r/legaladvice,

A student made false allegations out of spite for reporting her to the school administration for being in my room and following me around the school as well as continuously spamming my email and social media. Following the day I reported her, she reported that I kissed her (untrue) so I was placed on admin leave. I am still getting paid for the whole school year, and have not had any financial loses. However, the school district is so backed up with similar cases (400 or so as they told me) that it could be a 6+ month investigation, and due to not being able to finish the school year, it seems I will have to redo a whole probationary year again with my sponsors for my certification if they do not drop me based on the allegations. I was already told by the district I cannot return to that particular school if the investigation finds me innocent (which it will), so I already lost a school and a position in which I was very comfortable in.

Also, I feel I have lost respect within the community, as when I go shopping or to eat whenever I see another staff member or student they turn pale and pretend they do not know me or tell me that the entire campus has wrote me off as a pervert, which I believe this falls into defamation?

There is no evidence that the student and I had physical contact (kiss) and in fact I have a 10 minute recording of the student telling me that her family is asking her to lie and say that I assaulted her so they can get some sort of financial reward. I know that this ten minute recording more than proves my innocence, and proves her family conspired to take me specifically down to go after the district, regardless of how sullied my name becomes.

Is there any legal action I can take against the student (18) or her family? I feel like the student defamed my name and cost me a comfortable position in a school I loved, and I hate the fact that the student and their family will not suffer from any consequences. This is in Texas, by the way. *Update* I failed to mention that I am currently under DACA, does that affect my options of whether I can still sue?

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