A substitute teacher who sent naked photos to a 15-year-old boy telling him she wanted to have sex with him has been locked up.
Natalie Arroyo, a married mother of one, told the “vulnerable” boy that she would leave her husband for him and sent him a video of her performing a sex act.
The 33-year-old woman began sending sexual messages to the underage teen on Snapchat while she was working as a progress coach and substitute teacher.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that at first the conversation was “innocent” but then she became flirtatious and told him: “I bet all the boys like me.” I don’t blame them: I have very big breasts.
The court heard the victim told the teacher he did not want to sleep with her but she tried to convince him otherwise.
Arroyo, from the village of Gelli in Rhondda, Wales, sent photos of herself in a bra and asked him to send her a nude photo in response.
She later asked the boy to meet her for sex and told her she would pick him up and he could return home.
The young victim asked her to stop sending her photos while she was shopping with her mother and aunt and she responded: “It’s so much fun to make fun of you.”
The teenager told the court that he “trusted her” and felt “betrayed and taken advantage of” but that he “didn’t know how to stop it.”
She was sentenced to three years and four months in prison. The judge told him: ‘You knew (the victim) was vulnerable and you exploited him. You displayed cunning and cunning to manipulate that boy.
Married mother of one Natalie Arroyo told a ‘vulnerable’ boy she would leave her husband for him and sent him a video of her performing a sex act.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that at first the conversation was “innocent” but then she became flirtatious and told him: “I bet all the boys like me.” I don’t blame them, I have very big breasts.
Prosecutor Andrew Kendall said Arroyo sent photos of her bare breasts and asked the boy if he “had any problems” and said she “liked to be dominated.”
Arroyo continued sending messages of a sexual nature and told the victim that he could “do whatever he wanted to her.”
She sent the boy another naked photo and asked him to come see it while her husband was at work.
He said he didn’t want to and the defendant responded by sending a video of herself performing a sexual act. A couple of days later, Arroyo sent the boy a message telling him that “it was better to forget about the messages.”
The crimes came to light after the victim disclosed the abuse to another adult and Arroyo was arrested. She was interviewed and initially denied having had contact with the boy, but after a break accepted that she had sent the messages, but stated that she thought the boy was 16 years old.
Arroyo later pleaded guilty to two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and engaging in sexual communication with a child. The court heard she was of good character in the past.
In a victim personal statement read to the court by Mr Kendall, the teenager said: “I have suffered anxiety and I have had a nervous breakdown.” I stopped wanting to go out with friends and felt upset about the situation as I am now known as the guy this happened to.
‘Children have come up to me and asked me about it and they think it’s funny and something to laugh about. At first I felt like I was to blame and that I had no one to talk to about it. I trusted her… I feel betrayed and taken advantage of. I didn’t know how to stop it.’
Mitigating this, Ruth Smith said her client had faced great adversity in her life, having had difficulties in her childhood, abusive relationships and experienced bullying at school. As an adult she suffered miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies and has post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.
She also has a young son with her husband, who, referring to the court, described her crimes as a “moment of madness.”
Judge Eugene Egan said he disagreed with this description. He said: ‘You have blamed the boy in the past, you had a mediocre parole interview and you are not able to comprehend the enormity of what you did.
You have a ‘woe is me’ attitude! You knew (the victim) was vulnerable and you exploited him. You displayed cunning and cunning to manipulate that boy.
Arroyo was also subject to sex offender notification requirements and a restraining order.