Teacher Fired For Viewing Pornography Sues District
A former Cedarburg, Wisconsin teacher, fired for viewing porn while on the job in 2006, is back, $9 million lawsuit in hand.
Robert Zellner was fired after school officials concluded that he had viewed porn, at his computer, on a Sunday, for 67 seconds. In the lawsuit, Zellner's attorney claims that the disgraced teacher was making sure that access to adult material wasn't available to students. The complaint goes on to allege that the school district violated Zellner's free speech.
The whole free speech thing probably isn't going to carry much weight, what with buzzwords flying around like porn, "blonde" and children(read the full article and you'll get the blonde reference). However, the elapsed time that Zellner spent viewing the page/s does raise some eyebrows, at least from a comedic standpoint. What pleasure could he have derived from 67seconds of porn?
Zellner may be lying, he may be a pervert and it may be a blessing that he can no longer find work as a teacher in Wisconsin. Anywhere.
On the other hand, an uptight school system may have ruined an honest man's life and, more importantly, his reputation. [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via Fark]
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