Tericka Dye - Controversy

Controversy

Dye joined the Army after leaving the pornography industry and used the GI Bill to attend college. She appeared on the December 6, 2006 episode of Dr. Phil where she explained that she had worked at Reidland High School in Paducah, Kentucky. Dye was a science teacher and volleyball coach at the High School until 2006 when school officials learned of her pornographic career. According to ynot.com, "Dye was suspended from work, banned from school property, her contract not renewed once it expired, and she was never given a public hearing because she was paid through the end of her contract." School officials said she would be a disruption in the learning environment, but Dye claimed that she would be a good example to students since she had "risen above a troubled childhood with an alcoholic father" and turned her life around despite having bipolar disorder; she also needed the money to support her four children. Dye also spent time as a science teacher at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, where she once lived.

In May 2006, Dye defended herself, saying, "I'm a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who's made a lot of bad decisions in life. Anybody who's been in my classroom could tell you how much I love teaching and how much I love these students, and that should be what matters more than anything in my past." In 2007, Dye's lawyer confirmed she would not pursue the appeal of a lawsuit against the McCracken County Public Schools and was moving out of Kentucky, though he did not disclose where.