Brittany Fortinberry, a 31-year-old former math teacher from Indiana, is facing additional charges related to sexual abuse of minors, which could potentially result in a life sentence. The new charges come as another boy has come forward, bringing the total number of juvenile accusers to six, according to law enforcement officials.
The prosecutors are planning to add 24 more felony charges to the existing five, making a total of 29 charges against Fortinberry. The additional charges will be presented at a court hearing scheduled for April 3. The charges include five counts of level-one child molestation, sexual misconduct with a minor, dissemination of matter harmful to minors, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Morgan County Prosecutor Steven Sonnega stated that if Fortinberry is found guilty of the child molestation charges alone, she could face a prison sentence of 20-40 years for each count. If the sentences are ordered to run consecutively, it is likely that Fortinberry will spend the rest of her life in prison.
In addition to the molestation charges, there are 24 other counts of varying level offenses, each carrying maximum sentences between two and 12 years, according to the prosecutor. Fortinberry allegedly met her accusers, some as young as 13, at two different schools in Morgan County in 2024.
One of the accusers claimed that Fortinberry spent $600 on him and a group of boys, and then engaged in sexual activities with them while they wore masks from the horror movie “Scream”. The police also alleged that Fortinberry would invite the teenagers to her house, provide them with drugs, and engage in sexual activities with them after her own children were put to bed.
Prosecutors also claim that Fortinberry threatened to commit suicide if her victims revealed the abuse. She allegedly offered the boys between $100 and $800 for explicit photos and regularly sent them explicit photos of herself. If the boys refused her advances, she would allegedly force herself on them.
Last month, Fortinberry was accused of sexually abusing several students. She attributed her actions to her significant weight loss of 150 pounds.