Former high school teacher McKenna Kindred is still married and living in a new state with her lawyer husband nearly two years after she admitted to cheating on him with a 17-year-old student in their bed, according to a report.
McKenna Kindred, who previously taught at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley, Washington, confessed in March 2024 to sneaking the teenager into her home and having sex with him while her husband, Kyle Kindred, was away on hunting trips.
Despite the betrayal, Kyle has stuck by his wife’s side, refusing to divorce her and even moving into a brand new home together in Idaho, the Daily Mail reported.
The pair previously lived in a $1 million home in a rural area south of Spokane, where Kyle’s parents were listed as the owners, but jointly bought a house in Kuna, Idaho, for $498,000 in June 2024 — three months after she sobbed in court as she pleaded guilty to the sex crimes, according to property records reviewed by the outlet.
The four-bedroom, 2,636-square-foot home is in a sleepy development within commuting distance to Boise, where Kyle has worked as a real estate lawyer at Holland & Hart since Aug. 2024.
His profile on the firm’s website describes him as an “avid outdoorsman, fly fisherman, college basketball fanatic.”
It’s not clear if McKenna is working any job since she was forced to resign from her previous teaching gig. She was probed by the Idaho Standards Commission over her teaching license, which she voluntarily gave up in response.
The teacher’s inappropriate relationship with the 17-year-old student began in June 2022, when the minor discovered her Instagram account and the two began messaging each other, prosecutors said.
Sometime in November of that year, McKenna, then 23, and the student had sex inside her home while her husband was on a hunting trip.
The teen’s friends shared screenshots of the racy messages with school officials in December 2022 as rumors about the relationship began to spread around the school.
“I wanted you to be in my room,” one of the messages said.
“When other girls talk about you in my class I could feel myself getting mad,” she said in another text.
“I really like being touched by you,” she texted the teen.
Investigators spoke to the teen, who admitted to having sex with her in her home and exchanging sexually explicit videos.
McKenna broke down in tears and apologized to the victim and his family.
“As a result of my actions, I’ve lost my career, valuable friendships, freedoms and have let down countless people who placed their trust in me,” she said to the court in a prepared statement.
She avoided jail time and was sentenced to 2 years of probation, handed $700 in fines and fees and ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
