Missouri substitute teacher says she’s losing job over OnlyFans account, blames low teacher pay
by The Washington Times AI News Desk · The Washington TimesA Missouri substitute teacher says her job is on the line after school officials learned about the OnlyFans account she had quietly run alongside her classroom work for more than two years.
Sheena Sittner, of St. Louis County, told KTVI that someone did a “deep-dive” search and unearthed the account, which she said she had maintained since long before anyone at the schools where she worked took notice. Kelly Education, the staffing contractor that placed her in classrooms, informed her by email that she is under suspension pending termination and instructed her to “refrain from contacting any school or districts.”
Ms. Sittner argued that the controversy reflects a deeper problem with how little substitute teachers are paid. “If teachers were paid better, women wouldn’t have to resort to online content creation,” she said. “Sex sells.”
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The suspension notice initially worried Ms. Sittner for a different reason: Her own child attends school in the district, and she feared the no-contact warning would bar her from volunteering there as a parent. “It’s like all of a sudden I’ve done something so wrong and sinful that I’m not even allowed to volunteer at his school,” she said.
A spokesman for the school district clarified that Ms. Sittner would still be treated like any other parent, since she had passed a background check and completed required online-safety training. Kelly Education likewise said its warning applied only to her role as a contracted substitute. “It does not, and cannot, limit anyone’s right as a parent,” the company said. “Nothing in our request restricts their participation in their child’s education.”
Ms. Sittner maintains she kept the two roles separate. “My personal life is completely separate from my professional life,” she said. “I have kept those two separate forever.”
The case echoes an earlier Missouri controversy involving Brianna Coppage, an English teacher who resigned from a St. Clair high school in 2023 after her OnlyFans account was discovered, then was fired from a subsequent job days after her new employer learned of it.
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