😱 She was Alabama’s shining star educator, crowned ‘Teacher of the Year’ just months ago… but one leaked video from her own home exposed a shocking double life.

A viral clip captured a moment of fury that left her 12-year-old son in tears and the nation in disbelief. Her own older child posted it online as a desperate call for help – and now, everything she’s built is crumbling.

Was it a one-time loss of control, or a pattern hidden behind closed doors? The raw footage details, the school’s swift response, the sheriff’s chilling words, and the family’s shattered silence… This story will make you question who we trust with our kids. Click if you’re ready for the full, eye-opening truth (content warning: disturbing).

An Alabama school’s teacher of the year has been arrested and fired after a disturbing video showed her hitting her young son at least 20 times with a belt.

Second-grade teacher Nicole Staples went viral after someone leaked the footage of her savagely beating her 12-year-old son in the living room of their home in Mobile.

“You’re not f–king sorry,” Staples screams as she repeatedly hits the boy while he screams and cries.

A blurred image from a video shows a woman in a green shirt and dark shorts standing in a large black container, hitting a child with a brown object.
Screenshots from the viral video show Staples beating her son.Obtained by The NY Post
“Because if you were f–king sorry … you wouldn’t make extra work for everybody in this house,” she yells as she continues to smack him as someone else in the house hurries past.

 

There were two other children in the house, but it’s unclear who filmed the video.

However, Staple’s eldest son, Jackson Staples — who no longer lives there — told Fox10 that he was the one who forwarded it to Cottage Hill Christian Academy, where his mom works and was named Teacher of the Year in May.

A woman, with her face obscured, is seen in a living room holding a leash, while a dog looks on in the foreground.
Staples grabbed her son’s hair and lifted him up to continue screaming at him.Obtained by The NY Post
“I didn’t feel like, you know, she should be working at the school or even doing that to my little brothers,” said Jackson Staples, 24, alleging that his mom has “done it to me my whole life.”

The school alerted law enforcement and Staples was arrested Wednesday afternoon. She was charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 and fired from her job as a second-grade teacher.

Mugshot of Randi Nicole Staples, an Alabama teacher.
Staples was arrested on Wednesday afternoon but made bail within a few hours.Mobile County Sheriff’s Office
“That was way above and beyond any form of discipline,” Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch told Fox10, saying that more charges could follow for the “egregious” violence.

Staples posted her $7,500 bond on Wednesday evening. She dashed out of jail and sped off in a golf cart, according to video obtained by Fox 10.