RUTLAND, Iowa (KTIV) - A teacher from Rutland, Iowa was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child.

Evidence in the case showed that from May 2022 through November 2023, 32-year-old Samanta Meyer-Davis engaged in sexually exploiting a student as well as disseminating and exhibiting obscene materials to the victim.

Meyer-Davis was a middle school teacher at the time of the incidents and met with school administrators on several occasions and denied any inappropriate relationship.

Administrators reportedly reminded Meyer-Davis of her professional and ethical obligations to her students and encouraged her to end any inappropriate relationship with the student.

When interviewed by law enforcement, Meyer-Davis allegedly continued to deny

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