Hey everybody, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious. I am taking a little ditty break.

That actually sounds funny when I say that, a ditty break, but I'm taking a ditty break because today in

court it was all sort of technical. The government and ditty's lawyers sort of hashing out what

kind of instructions they're going to give the jury and that is a super-duper snore. I will tell you this. And people got things wrong. They thought that the government was dropping kidnapping and arson from the case. But they're not. They're just dropping the attempted. The instructions on attempted. So that's my Diddy update for today. But I've got something else for you. I have this entire

story that is so off the chain, I have not been able to get it out of my mind. It started with a

traffic stop. And it ended with a married high school teacher in handcuffs, crying in the back of a

squad car, asking if she was in trouble. But according to prosecutors, Christina Formella wasn't just a

teacher. And yes, she was in trouble, big trouble. They say Christina Formella was an all-out

predator. Investigators say she groomed a 14-year-old boy for two years, luring him in with tutoring sessions and coaching him in soccer, before engaging in what they describe as disturbing and obsessive sexual relations.

Prosecutors say Formella carried out that sexual relationship with that boy on school grounds, during school hours. And cops say she even

documented the whole thing on her phone like a twisted love story of sorts. Police say there are

so many text messages, manifestation lists, a veritable digital diary where this married woman called the teenage student

disgusting for cheating on her. Think about that. Married teacher calls child disgusting for cheating on

her. I know. Now you know why I'm doing this story? It wasn't just bad judgment.

Prosecutors say it was premeditated, manipulative, and criminal. And now Christina Formella

is facing more than 50 felony charges because of it. This is the case against Ms. Christina, the teacher, Ms. Formella.

The court record is filled with story after story detail after detail that reads like a movie

script. It is simply hard to believe the case against her is actually real. So hang on to your

hat. And let's start from the

very beginning. It was the kind of rumor that instantly spread throughout the hallways and then

far beyond those hallways. A high school teacher in Downers Grove, Illinois, just outside Chicago,

being accused of crossing an unthinkable line with a student.

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