Reality Out of Focus: Julie Amero's Raging Internet Porn Addiction

On October 19th, 2004, as several seventh-graders at the Kelly Middle School in Norwich, CT perused a website about hair, something triggered an onslaught of adult-oriented pop-ups and pictures. Julie Amero, a substitute teacher, had just returned to the classroom when she saw the images take hold of the saintly children and place them on lifelong road of mental anguish and destitution. Her reaction was swift and effective, given the urgency in removing these titillating images from the view of children.

That night, the children had a response for "What did you learn in school today?"

The parents were freaking out as Amero tried to explain what happened.

"The pop-ups never went away. It was one after another," she testified. "They were continuous. Every time I clicked the box in the corner, the red box, the red X, more were generated."

The school tried their hand at damage control by sending home a notice telling parents part of what they wanted to hear- that Amero would no longer be teaching at the Kelly Middle School. Soon after she was arrested and charged with multiple felonies.

Once in the courtroom, the prosecution disagreed with Amero's actions. They contend that she is a raging Internet porn addict who just couldn't put her needs on hold while in the company of 13-year-olds. They argued that the "click and shoo" method used by Amero was far less superior to the "jacket hideaway" or the preferred, sure-fire technique of "plug pull". State Prosecutor David "guilty because I say so" Smith always gets his woman and has refused to accept any evidence that would question his insanity.

"You have to physically click on it to get to those sites. I think the evidence is overwhelming that she did intend to access those Web sites." claims Smith.

Judge Hillary Strackbein has also saved common sense for another day. Her brilliant self felt that the inclusion of facts from the defense simply had no place in her Connecticut court room.

Arguing that the computer was infested with spyware and malware was simply hearsay and couldn't possibly have any bearing on the case.