KnightNews.com has obtained the e-mail and pornographic multimedia message that sparked a sexting scandal controversy stretching from the University of Central Florida in Orlando to Jacksonville’s Mandarin High School, where it apparently cost head football coach Jason Robinson, 32, his job.
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The e-mails obtained by KnightNews.com confirm a female UCF athlete was the recipient of three multimedia messages, including a video showing a man pleasuring himself for 33 seconds. The e-mail reveals the identity of the UCF athlete, however, KnightNews.com is choosing not to name her, because it appears her mother sent the e-mail to school officials against her will.
The UCF athlete’s mother wrote the e-mail to several Duval County Public Schools officials on May 21, 2010, and informed them how her daughter was 19 when Robinson sent her the messages.
“Their rrelationship (sic) goes back to 2008 before she graduated from Mandarin High School, before this man was even divorced from his second wife, whom you may rememberer(sic), as she was a teacher and coach at mandarin as well,” the student’s mother wrote.
The UCF student’s mother apologized to the administrators for “the graphic nature of the video” and asked them to “try to imagine my shock and dismay when I first became aware of it.”
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Aside from the video clip showing a man pleasuring himself, the UCF student’s mother forwarded two other pictures to school officials. KnightNews.com has obtained those pictures as well, and according to the UCF student’s mother, they show Robinson posing in his underwear in front of a mirror. The UCF student’s mother also blasted his relationship with her daughter.
“He is engaged in a manipulative and exploitative relationship with a young woman who until not long ago, was a student of his,” she wrote. “He has gone to great lengths to keep this relationship secret, coercing my daughter into silence with the threat that he might lose his job.”
The e-mail spawned both an administrative investigation by Duval County Public Schools administrators, as well as a criminal investigation by Duval County Schools Police, district spokeswoman Jill Johnson confirmed to KnightNews.com via e-mail.
Johnson confirmed the active criminal investigation was under way after KnightNews.com asked for a written explanation about why the school board was refusing to release the original e-mail.
In an e-mailed statement released to KnightNews.com today, Johnson wrote, “The Duval County Public Schools investigation into Jason Robinson has concluded. At this time, it was concluded that there are no indicators of criminal activity.”
Johnson confirmed Robinson’s last day as an employee with Duval County Public Schools will be Tuesday, June 15.
“He has been in a non-teaching position while the investigation was ongoing,” Johnson said. “He was not reappointed for next year.”
Because Robinson was a newer teacher without tenure, he can be let go from his contract without reason, according to Jacksonville media reports.
Robinson has refused to comment to any media, aside from a few brief comments made during the initial days of the investigation. At that time, he told Jacksonville media he planned to sue the school district for firing him, because he sent the images to a consenting adult.
We are working to redact the UCF student’s name from the full text of the e-mail and will publish it here once we do.
KnightNews.com will continue following this story. Check back for updates, and for coverage of any court action, if Robinson follows through with his threat.
