ORLANDO, Fla. – An Avalon Middle School teacher has been accused of requesting nude photos of two female students through social media, according to an Orange County Sheriff's Office incident report.
The teacher has not been arrested. An Orange County Public Schools spokeswoman said the teacher has been placed on relief of duty, but could not provide any other details.
One of the two girls involved in the incident told deputies that the male teacher requested that she and a friend send nude pictures through Snapchat and Instagram in October, according to the incident report.
She said the girls then decided to "blackmail" the teacher, telling him that if he didn't pay them $2,000, they would show police his messages, the incident report said.
The girl claims that the teacher met her at a Family Dollar in Bithlo and gave her $2,000, deputies said.
The school's principal told deputies that the teacher claimed his Instagram was hacked and asked advice on what to do, the incident report said. The principal told the teacher he should report the hacking to authorities.
The incident report has been forwarded to the department's sex crime unit, deputies said.