Jordan Powers Dumps Ex-Teacher Christopher James Hooker After Sexual Assault Arrest: 'I Lost Everything For This Guy'
Jordan Powers, the California teen who made national headlines because she gave up school and her family to live with her teacher boyfriend, Christopher James Hooker, 41, dumped him after he was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting another teen.
Hooker was arrested in Modesto, Calif., on Friday after police found there was an alleged sexual relationship between him and a 17-year-old student back in 1998. A police statement to the media noted that Hooker has been charged with one count of oral copulation with a minor.
A not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf and Hooker was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail.
Powers, 18, told ABC News on Saturday that she broke off the relationship with Hooker when he called her from jail on the day of his arrest.
I told him that we're done, Powers told ABC News. I lost everything for this guy. I lost my senior year. I gave up all my friends at high school because they didn't agree with me.
Authorities have been investigating Hooker since he and Powers went on television to speak about their love for each other. Powers was his business class student.
Powers has said that Hooker told her that he met the student online and that they hung out as friends. Powers said that Hooker told her that he went to the girl's house and that she came out of the bathroom naked and he only touched her boobs and her legs.
He was freaked out so he left and went home, Power said. He said nothing else happened, but all of that was a lie.
Powers and Hooker moved in together in February. In order to make their relationship work, the teen dropped out of Enochs High School in Modesto and Hooker quit teaching at the school and left his wife and three children also, according to reports.
Powers told the media that prior to her 18th birthday, nothing romantically happened between her and Hooker. She also said that she felt betrayed and that she has a gut feeling there are other girls.
In the meantime, Powers is reportedly staying with a family friend.
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