Former High School Teacher Indicted for Sexual Battery for Relationship with a Student

Posted on 6/27/2025

Defendant: Jamelah Daboubi

The Franklin County Grand Jury handed down an indictment today against Jamelah Daboubi, 27, a former teacher at Horizon Science Academy, charging her with sexual battery for engaging in sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy who was a student in one of her classes.
 
Daboubi’s arraignment is scheduled for July 11 at 1 pm.
 
Case Background
 
On April 2, 2025, police were called to the home of a woman on Salado Creek Drive in Columbus, who said she caught her 15-year-old nephew and one of his 10^th grade teachers engaged in sexual contact in the teacher’s car. The nephew, whom the woman has guardianship over, admitted to police that he and his teacher had been having a relationship that involved kissing and touching.
 
An interview the next day revealed that the teen and his teacher had been texting for a couple of months and engaging in sexual activity for a period of time. Police obtained the boy’s phone and found hundreds of phone calls and thousands of texts between the two, including texts where the two professed their love for each other.

Daboubi has since been fired from her teaching position at Horizon Science Academy.