ST. CLAIR, Mo. — A Missouri St. Clair School District suspended a high school English teacher after someone outed her to them as an OnlyFans creator.
The school superintendent, Kyle Kruse, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday that the district was “recently notified that an employee may have posted inappropriate media on one or more internet sites. The district has engaged legal counsel to conduct a comprehensive investigation into this matter. Actions taken as a result of the investigation will be in accordance with board policy and with guidance from legal counsel.”
The suspended teacher told the Post-Dispatch, explaining she was put on leave on Wednesday after being interviewed by two administrators and that her access to school email and other software “has been revoked while the district investigates,” the newspaper reported.
“It was kind of always like this cloud hanging over my head, like I never knew when I would be discovered,” she said. “Then, about two weeks ago, my husband and I were told that people were finding out about it. So I knew this day was coming.”
She “doesn’t know who notified the school district of her account, but she suspects it was after she and her husband appeared in a recent video alongside two other OnlyFans performers in St. Louis who have a substantial following,” the Post-Dispatch reported.
She explained that she made about $42,000 last year at her teaching job and that she and her husband earned an additional $8,000 to $10,000 per month performing on OnlyFans.
The creator “chose the site because its content is available only to subscribers and she thought it would help protect her identity.”
“I do not regret joining OnlyFans,” she concluded. “I know it can be taboo, or some people may believe that it is shameful, but I don’t think sex work has to be shameful.”