ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – A former California high school teacher is suing a student she had sex with, alleging the boy defamed her reputation.

Tara Stumph, a 36-year-old former teacher at Arroyo Grande High School, was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual intercourse with a student, and she began serving her sentence in May.

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The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing revoked the cooking teacher’s license and she’s now banned from any contact with boys under the age of 18.

The victim, meanwhile, sued Stumph, the Lucia Mar Unified School District, Arroyo Grande principal Conan Bowers and two school staffers for negligent hiring and supervision, as well as intentional infliction of distress and sexual harassment, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reports.

The lawsuit alleges Stumph “cultivated” a relationship and gained the student’s trust over several months in 2014 and 2015, when she would molest the student “during and after class.” She also sent him nude pictures and videos. The victim contends it wasn’t the first time Stumph molested a minor, and alleges a school guidance counselor and teacher received “multiple” complaints about her behavior and failed to take action, according to the news site.

“The sexual abuse and exploitation of (the victim), and the circumstances under which it occurred, caused (him) to develop various psychological coping mechanisms, which reasonably made him incapable of ascertaining that Stumph’s conduct was harmful to him,” the lawsuit reads.

Now, Stumph is countersuing the student, now an 18-year-old, alleging he defamed her “to various classmates, family and other members of the community,” the Tribune reports.

“She alleges in her counterclaim that the victim’s statements damaged her reputation and career,” according to the new site. “Stumph is suing for indemnity for any judgements rendered against her, a judicial determination that any injuries to the plaintiff were caused by the school district, civil damages and attorneys fees and costs.”

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Stumph is currently serving her six month jail sentence, but is likely to only serve about half of the time.

The mother of three initially faced up to 10 years in prison, but a probation officer’s report to the court and letters of support helped to convince the judge to impose a much lighter sentence, according to the Santa Maria Times.

“The defendant has no prior criminal history and she clearly has ties to the community as evidenced by the several letters of support she has received in defense of her character,” supervising probation officer Dan Matich wrote to the court. “She has three very young children for whom she acts as the primary caregiver while her husband is away engaged in his duties as a firefighter.”

District Attorney spokesman Lee Cunningham acknowledged in April that “the facts of the case seemed to require some jail time,” but prosecutors agreed to drop other charges as part of a plea agreement because “it was felt like she was a good candidate for formal probation.”

In addition to the 180-day jail sentence, Judge Gayle Peron sentenced Stumph to four years of supervised probation, during which time she will be required to undergo counselling and polygraph tests, and must avoid males under 18 and milled and high schools.

She was not required to register as a sex offender.

Her next hearing in the civil case is slated for Oct. 12, the Tribune reports.