Lauren Harrington Cooper's husband says he is sticking by her despite the shocking sex scandal surrounding the married, embattled high school teacher.
In a tell-all 20/20 interview, the teacher at Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, Pa., spoke about the case which saw her sentenced to 9-23 months in jail.
Lauren Harrington Cooper pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual contact with students and two counts of corrupting minors, allegedly using a sexy pickup line.
"All the candy you need is right here," she told them.
She freely admits now how sick this is, though.
Cooper said, "I'm glad I got caught. I went against what I know is right, and I did wrong. And there is no way to explain that away. I have no defense of myself."
"I was wrong, plain and simple."
More surprising than her confession is that her husband Raphael Cooper, 32, is standing by the unfaithful woman after she betrayed him with teenage boys.
"I don't want anybody else," he says of his spouse. "I don't want to go anywhere else. I've had too many years built up with her, too many good memories."
Shelley Dufresne (right), 32, and Rachel Respess (left), 24, are accused of having sex with an underage high school student ... together. At the same time.
Cooper's affairs began after she opened a dance studio in her town with Raphael, a side-business that was time-consuming and weighed on their marriage.
She said she turned to an 18-year-old high school senior for attention, and things got out of hand from there, as prosecutors said there were a total of four victims.
She was first arrested in December 2013.
In Pennsylvania, it's against the law for a teacher to have sex with her student regardless of age or consent, so the 18-year threshold means nothing here legally.
The Coopers noted that they went to church, which has helped them heal, though, "I thought my life was over, and I did make an attempt on my life."
Emotional former teacher Cooper sighed that "there are no words" for her husband's devotion. "I wish we never got away from the marriage part."
But instead, she will be going away - behind bars. Raphael kissed his wife goodbye at the end of the interview as she headed to court to make her guilty plea.
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