Mom Loses Lawsuit Against School District Which Banned Her from Volunteering After Learning She Works on OnlyFans
A Florida court ruled against a mother who sued her local school district, which she alleged banned her from volunteering at her son's school after administrators learned she had an OnlyFans account.
In 2023, Victoria Triece sued Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) for $1 million after the district allegedly told her two years prior that she could no longer volunteer at Sand Lake Elementary School in Orlando, where her children, then ages 5 and 10, were students.
As PEOPLE previously reported, the ban came after a parent sent an anonymous email to the principal about Triece's account on the adult website, along with two NSFW pictures of the mother of two.
'It has come to several parents at Sand Lake Elementary that one of the room mothers that spends time at the school is publically (sic) posting pornography thru various sources on the internet,' the email read, WFTV reported. 'This woman is constantly around our children and her public profiles are well known. This is not the content or subject matter that our children need to be exposed to."
The images of Triece are accessible only with a paid subscription.The principal shared the email with her boss, including the images, Triece claimed, arguing that this violated her right to privacy.
She also sued the district for allegedly violating her right to free speech and also alleged 'sexual cyber harassment' for sharing pictures from her account with media outlets.
Related: Florida Mom Says She's Been Banned from Volunteering at Kids' School Because She's on OnlyFans
Triece said she felt "humiliated," adding, "Nobody has the right to judge what other people do for a living," according to WESH. Her attorney, Mark NeJame, contended at a 2023 press conference that what she does "in our off time, it's not illegal," but she had been subjected to "morality police."
Despite this, on Jan. 29, a Florida judge ruled against her, saying Triece does not have the 'right' to volunteer at the school, per court documents reviewed by PEOPLE.
The volunteer program's policy 'does not include any language that confers any right or benefit upon an individual to participate in the program, to remain in the program, or to appeal a removal decision,' the judge wrote in his opinion.
As for Triece's claim that the district violated her privacy by sharing the images, the judge said that the images are considered public record and were shared between administrators trying to resolve an issue in the district that had been brought to their attention, the documents state.
The district did not commit cyberstalking, either, the judge said. He said the district had to send the pictures to media outlets to satisfy public records requests.
NeJame and OCPS did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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