![]() ![]() 'You act like you care now and that you’re full of all this regret, but where was any of that before?' Thomas asked in court, according to the statement obtained through Burton Staggs of the Tennessee River Valley News. Thomas' victim impact statement demonstrated how much trauma she's dealt with, following months of grooming and assault at the hands of Cummins. Victim Elizabeth Thomas, now 17, is pictured at left Cummins is pictured at right in a booking photo released by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office on April 20, 2017. Thomas previously revealed in an interview with ABC's 20/20 that she felt like she had to go with Cummins or he would do something drastic, and that he kept a gun in the car's console during their cross-country drive and she knew she couldn't escape.Ĭummins' two-decade punishment was handed down on Wednesday by US District Judge Aleta Trauger in Nashville.Ī federal judge has sentenced Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, 52, who went on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student, to 20 years in prison. You made her feel safe and loved because you saw what she needed and made her believe you would be her "protector."' 'You saw a broken girl who was lonely, scared, and traumatized. ![]() ![]() I was just a kid who wanted to make friends, but you were someone who had a plan,' Thomas said in court during her victim impact statement, according to Radar Online. 'When I started school, you picked me out of the crowd. The teenage victim, Elizabeth Thomas, who is now 17, told authorities she and Cummins had sex 'every day as they traveled from state to state,' over 38 days between March 13 and April 20 of 2017, the Tennessean reported. Prosecutors said Cummins took advantage of a vulnerable girl with a history of abuse and neglect when he cultivated a sexual relationship with her, in a sentencing memorandum filed on Monday which asked for a sentence of 30 years. ![]() Tad Cummins, 52, pleaded guilty in April of 2018 to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex. Published: 22:41 BST, 16 January 2019 | Updated: 12:26 BST, 17 January 2019Ī federal judge has sentenced a married Tennessee teacher who went on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student to 20 years in prison after his victim confronted him in court. A civil lawsuit is also pending against Cummins and Maury County Public Schools, brought by the father of Thomas.He was sentenced on Wednesday by US District Judge Aleta Trauger in Nashville.Cummins pleaded guilty in April of 2018 to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex, after first pleading not guilty in May of 2017.Thomas said Cummins kept a gun in the car's console and she couldn't escape.The two went on the run after Cummins was suspended from school in February of 2017, when a 12-year-old student reported seeing Cummins kiss the teenager.Thomas told authorities she and Cummins had sex 'every day as they traveled from state to state,' between March 13 and April 20, 2017.Elizabeth Thomas, 17, cried as she confronted Cummins during his sentencing in a victim impact statement that called what he did to her 'unspeakable'.Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, 52, who went on the run in 2017 with a 15-year-old student, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.'I was just a kid, a broken girl': Student victim, 17, confronts pervert teacher Tad Cummins, 52, as he is sentenced to 20 years for going on the run with her when she was 15 and 'having sex every day as they traveled from state to state' ![]()
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