TEACHER PAID TEEN PUPIL FOR SEX IN HIS CAR
SUGAR DADDY: Howfield asked for sexual favours A TEACHER had sex with a 17-year-old student after becoming her “sugar daddy” and showering her with sexy lingerie and cash.
Spanish teacher Martin Howfield, 56, who is also a lawyer, is also accused of arranging a paid internship for the girl in his law office through a Department of Education work-study programme, where her only duties consisted of performing sexual favours for him.
Investigators say Howfield approached the student at the North Queens Community High School in New York and asked if he could be her “sugar daddy”.
He agreed to pay her £200 a month and asked what she would do for the money.
She told investigators she offered to have sex with him for the cash. car after the shopping trips.
The student’s mother told a detective that her daughter texted her she went to the mall with her “Sugar Daddy Marty”.
The investigation also revealed that Howfield asked the student to set him up with another girl.
The other girl, a 17-year-old former student, said Howfield had her engage in phone sex with him and sent her a naked photo of himself.
He was supposed to give her money for the phone sex but never did, she told the authorities.
Howfield quit his £65,000-a-year job at the school after the investigation.
It is not yet decided if he will face any further action.