Audio of Ragusa phone call with student released

TAMPA -- Prosecutors released today the audio recording of a March 12 phone call between former teacher Stephanie Ragusa and the teenage student she is accused of having sex with three times during the 2006-07 school year.

Warning: graphic language

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A transcript of the recording was released Thursday.

During the call, Ragusa, 29, worried that if word of their relationship got out, she could land in jail and would be seen as a pervert by her family and friends. She didn't discuss specifics about what they did but acknowledged that it was "illegal."

On the audio version, the boy's voice has been disguised to avoid disclosing his identity.

The call is about 17-minutes long. Hillsborough sheriff's detectives instructed the boy to place the call to Ragusa and record it.

The day after the call, March 13, Ragusa was arrested. She faced two subsequent arrests after detectives accused her of having sex with another former Davidsen Middle School student.

Colleen Jenkins and Casey Cora, Times staff writers