A DISGRACED teacher accused of sexually abusing and grooming a teen for years wore “provocative” clothing to work, it has been alleged.
Former Orchard Valley Middle School students have revealed how Ashley Fisler, 36, always “flirted” with boys on the football team.
Ashley Fisler, 36, allegedly had sex with one of her middle school studentsCredit: linkedin
The teacher cried in court as she was refused bailCredit: Gloucester County Court
“Everybody knew something was not right with her,” a now-20-year-old who did not wish to be named told the NY Post.
“She would flirt with all the boys on the football team, she would favor them. She would be rude to all the girls.”
Fisler, who worked at the Washington Township school from 2014 to 2023, was reportedly obsessed with making sure that her male students liked her and followed them all on Instagram.
“Every year [the school] would do awards and she would never choose any females,” she said.
“It was always, always, always, always, always some guy who was on the cuter side and in football or baseball.
“She was a very weird woman, a very weird woman.
A user on Facebook who identified themselves as Tami Carr, a school mum, recalled seeing the defendant on several occasions, walking throughout the township.
“She even walked right by my house with these two boys on a Saturday night at 8 pm,” she posted. “She was dressed ‘provocatively’ for a woman her age.”
Fisler was arrested a little more than a week ago, and was shown sobbing in court earlier this week after a judge refused to grant her bail.
She is accused of having sex with the student six times – when he was 13 and 14 – and continuing to send him explicit texts for years, until he finally ended it.
He is now 18, a legal adult, and reported the prolonged abuse to police in January after attempting to break off contact with her.
The victim alleged that the sexual assaults took place in 2021 while he was a student at Orchard Valley Middle School.
It is alleged that Fisler abused him in her car and even in her classroom.
Ironically, her husband proposed to her in that same room back in 2018.
For years, the teacher sent creepy messages to him – reminiscing about their sexual encounters, making him describe sex he had with girls his own age and offering to buy him a sex toy, Finley alleged.
When he attempted to break things off, she allegedly manipulated him to keep him in her clutches.
The court was also told that when the student told her of his struggles with mental health and with dating people his own age Fisler admitted to forcing him “to grow up abnormally quick.”
“I have to try really hard to rebuild the things you broke inside of me. You destroyed things inside of me. You stripped me of my innocence,” a recent text from the teenager said.
He later followed up with a text that read, “I don’t want you in my life anymore,” but she allegedly persisted.
Fisler is charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of second-degree official misconduct of a public servant.
The top charges carry a maximum of 20 years in jail, while both second-degree charges carry a maximum of 10 years.
Former students described her as a teacher who acted “weird” with studentsCredit: Facebook
Fisler pictured in Salem County JailCredit: Salem County Jail
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