Cheerleader Who Allegedly Had Sex With A Student Is A ‘Smart, Christian Girl,’ Says Friend

Her mother, Cheryl Jones, the principal at Twenhofel Middle School in Independence, Kentucky, was indicted on a charge of tampering with physical evidence in her daughter’s case.

Vaughn revealed that she found the allegations “terribly shocking,” and they were a sharp contrast to the Sarah that she used to performs cheers with on the sidelines in Cincinnati’s football stadium.

“She doesn't drink — doesn't party — probably totally opposite of what you think of when you think of an NFL glamorous, hot cheerleader,” explained Lindsay, who described Jones as a “smart Christian girl” who is active in community projects and traveled to Iraq last year to entertain the troops.

“She's very down to earth - loves her students, loves teaching - just a great girl.”

This is not the first time Jones has been catapulted into the spotlight for her sexual activity. In 2009, she sued website TheDirty.com and its founder Nik Richie after unflattering pictures of her, which had been provided to the online gossip site anonymously, appeared, along with allegations that she’d had sex with Bengals players and had two sexually transmitted diseases.

Vaughn believes the stress of the sex scandal and subsequent law suit, after which Sarah claims students called her a “s**t” in class, may have caused Sarah to emotionally unravel.

“It spiraled out of control very, very quickly, and I think that that's where her whole life has basically been turned around and changed,” she told TODAY. “I mean, she's 26 years old... I can't imagine as a 26-year-old trying to recover from a situation like this.”