Groomed by My Teacher: The Abuse No One Talks About
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.4 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Three men say their trusted female teachers groomed and assaulted them as teens. Dr. Phil exposes the hidden crisis of women abusing power in America’s classrooms.
Dr. Phil exposes a disturbing trend, female teachers turning into sexual predators. Michael, Justin, and Mason bravely share how their lives were shattered by women entrusted to educate them. Michael and Justin say they were 16 and 17 when their 25-year-old teacher began offering help with homework but it escalated to off-campus encounters, alcohol, drugs, and sex. Mason was only 11 when he says his married 35-year-old teacher violated him.
Joined by attorneys Zach Runyan and Jon Marko, the men reveal how schools and social media failed to spot the red flags. Defense attorney Christy Jack who has represented multiple female teachers charged with sexual assault offers psychological insight into why women offend. And a convicted former teacher breaks her silence in an emotional sit-down with Dr. Phil.
What causes a woman to betray her role as a protector? And are schools doing enough to prevent this?
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| 0:00.0 | Sexual predators showing up where you least expect it. Your child's classroom. She like took me home. She pulled over like halfway in between the ride. We had sex. At what point did it cross the line? She came back in the back of the bunk room with me, and that's where it all started. When she assaulted me, I didn't know what to do. They're going to blame these kids and they're going to say that they're the ones who caused this. |
| 0:22.6 | Minors can't give consent. It's statutory rape at a minimum. |
| 0:26.6 | When you think about child sexual predators, don't you think about them lurking on social media or even at the playground? |
| 0:44.0 | No one wants to believe that they are also showing up where you least expect it. |
| 0:50.4 | Your child's classroom. |
| 0:53.4 | Dozens of female teachers have been arrested just this year across the nation for sexually abusing their students. |
| 1:01.5 | And trust me, it's underreported. |
| 1:04.5 | It's an alarming number. |
| 1:06.0 | News Nation's Dan Abrams Live reported headline after headline. |
| 1:09.8 | Take a look. |
| 1:14.0 | Monica Sanchez, a 21-year-old teacher's aide in Kilgore, Texas. Sanchez was arrested after admitting to having sex with three |
| 1:19.0 | different students. Julie Kinsey Hoover, a 38-year-old math teacher at a private Christian school in |
| 1:24.9 | Perry, Florida, arrested last week. In connection with lewd text |
| 1:28.5 | messages, she allegedly exchanged with one of her male students. J.C. Bain Collins, a 22-year-old |
| 1:34.3 | substitute teacher, was arrested. The 40s-C. Collins went to the student's house when his parents |
| 1:38.6 | weren't there, had sex with them. We uncovered a long line of female teachers allegedly involved with her students. And I'm sure you're one of them. We uncovered a long line of female teachers allegedly involved with their students. |
| 1:47.0 | And I'm sure you're wondering, why would anyone destroy their life for an inappropriate |
| 1:53.0 | relationship with a child? Well, I sat down with a former teacher of the year who says she had a two-year relationship with a 14-year-old student. |
| 2:04.2 | She spent three years in prison, and she says her life has never been the same. I ask her point |
| 2:11.4 | blank, why did you do this? And you're going to be surprised by her response. You'll see that interview later. |
| 2:19.3 | But first, Michael and Justin were just 17 and 16 years old when their 26-year-old special ed teacher, |
| 2:26.3 | Catherine Hodeling, started grooming them. They say it started with some extra attention |
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