The husband of a former Arizona teacher locked up for sexually abusing her 13-year-old student vigorously defended his wife in the days leading up to her 2018 arrest — and even pressed the victim’s parents to settle the heinous matter outside of court.
A new documentary released last month captured the moment Brittany Zamora’s husband, Daniel, pleaded with the student’s furious father during a heated phone call to forgive his wife and abstain from calling the police.
“God preaches forgiveness, man,” Daniel Zamora told the irate father the night before his wife was charged with molesting her sixth-grade student, according to the footage.
The enraged father, named John, shot back, labeling the sicko teacher a “f–ing monster.”
“Listen to me, I am not gonna settle this out of court,” he said, according to the footage.
“There’s not enough money you could f–king offer to me to settle this. Your woman is a monster. She’s a monster.”
Daniel, seemingly unaware of the extent of his wife’s disturbing actions, maintained that she is “a great teacher” who “made a huge mistake” by getting “invested” with her student, insisting that she has done great things for children in her five years as an educator.
“Your wife decided to be a monster and prey on a child. She scarred my son mentally,” the boy’s father responded, with the unwitting husband asking the father to explain what he meant.
The emotionally charged phone call took place after the boy’s parents found salacious text messages indicating a sexual relationship between the pair soon after they began monitoring his phone with an app.
The victim told investigators that he and the then-married 27-year-old teacher at Las Brisas Academy Elementary School in Goodyear had sex several times in her car and classroom — with an 11-year-old friend of the victim acting as a “lookout” at times, according to the documentary.
Zamora, 33, also fondled the young victim in the back of her classroom while other students watched an educational video.
“Like you for real get sexier to me every day lol,” she told the teen in a racy text, the doc revealed.
“I want to f–k you so bad baby those times weren’t enough,” the boy responded.
The documentary also featured body cam footage of Zamora’s arrest and interrogation with police, along with interviews with parents, witnesses and school administrators hours before the teacher’s arrest.
The footage also revealed text messages between Daniel Zamora and his wife, with the blindly devoted husband encouraging his wife to cry, apologize and appear helpless upon questioning.
“Don’t admit to any relationship,” he texted his wife.
“Because we both know there isn’t one and nothing happened. Just stupid fantasy text that went too far.”
Zamora pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and reduced charges of molestation of a child and public sexual indecency and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in July 2019.
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The victim’s family filed a civil lawsuit against the Liberty Elementary School District and Zamora’s husband, claiming they were aware of rumors before the sexual abuse was revealed.
The suit also accused the husband of failing to alert authorities after he learned of the abuse. He settled for an undisclosed amount in 2019.
In May 2020, Zamora filed for divorce from her husband of four years, calling the relationship “broken beyond repair.”
After she was arrested, Zamora told police she was worried for her safety behind bars, while sharing affection for her then-husband.
“I’m little, they’re going to tear me apart” Zamora cried to investigators, according to the footage.
“I have the best husband in the world.”
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