Samantha Peer, a middle school teacher in Arizona, resigned from her position after her OnlyFans account was discovered. According to CBS News, her husband, Dillon Peer, who was also a teacher, resigned as well.
The content discovered allegedly showed Samantha Peer, who used the alias “Khloe Karter,” filming sexually explicit content on school grounds.
Peer admitted in a statement that she and her husband filmed content on school property, but that it was after school and no students were present.
She said she resigned “under pressure” on October 31 after she was initially placed on leave. Her husband, who worked at an elementary school in the same district, was fired a few days later.
Peer explained that her husband was a permanent substitute and an at-will employee.
Peer stated in a video that she and her husband resorted to filming adult content because their pay was too low and they needed more income to survive. In addition to creating an alias on OnlyFans, she blocked the entire state of Arizona from seeing the content as a precaution.
She used the platform OnlyFans, which is typically used to sell adult content and can only be accessed by paying adult subscribers.
Peer additionally claimed in the video that she was told that if she resigned before a scheduled school board meeting, the district would not publicize the situation. However, teachers and students were sharing explicit images of her after her resignation.
The Lake Havasu City Police Department said in a statement that the content was presumably filmed on school property, and they were investigating whether any laws had been broken.
KPHO-TV reported that parents of the middle school received an email stating, "It has come to our attention that students have been airdropping explicit material. The images did not happen during the school day and the person depicted no longer works for LHUSD."
The district's email advised parents to "please remove all images from your child's phone and talk with them about the appropriate use of technology."
Peer released an additional statement after her initial one, apologizing because some felt her first video showed lack of remorse for the situation.
"I've never defended myself saying that it was an OK thing to do," she said.
"Looking back at it, I would never do that again," she added.
WFLA reported that Samantha and Dillon Peer's decision to make adult content was not their first choice for additional income. Samantha Peer became an adviser for several clubs and had signed on to coach softball in the spring to pick up extra stipends from the school.
“My children are the most important thing to me, and I’m already spending countless hours outside of my contract time on extra school activities, and I don’t think it’s fair that I have to sacrifice my own children’s time because our professional salary did not pay enough,” she said.
