Brittany Fortinberry, the 33-year-old former Indiana math teacher accused of forcing teenage students into drug-fueled sexual encounters while wearing horror-movie masks, has finalized her divorce as she awaits trial on 47 criminal charges.
Fortinberry and her now-ex-husband Nicholas Fortinberry completed their divorce on Monday, the New York Post reported, ending a marriage that began unraveling around the same time police started investigating allegations that she sexually abused at least six students. Nicholas Fortinberry filed for divorce in February 2025, just as the criminal probe was getting underway. He had first filed court papers to end the marriage more than a year before the divorce became final.
The settlement papers paint a stark picture of what each side walked away with. Nicholas Fortinberry received a 2022 Chrysler Pacifica and a Toyota 4Runner. Brittany Fortinberry got her clothes, shoes, and makeup. The former couple sold the home they shared and split the proceeds.
Under the settlement terms, Nicholas Fortinberry holds sole legal custody of the couple's child while Brittany Fortinberry awaits trial. The documents provide that she would regain custody if released, a prospect that depends entirely on the outcome of a case that could put her behind bars for the rest of her life.
Prosecutors allege Fortinberry plied students as young as 13 with alcohol and hallucinogenic mushrooms before having sex with them. In at least one incident, police say, boys were made to wear masks from the "Scream" movie franchise. Authorities say she had sexual contact with at least six students in total.
Court documents obtained by WTHR show the charges filed against her include sexual misconduct with a minor, dissemination of material harmful to minors, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She faces 47 charges altogether. If convicted and sentenced consecutively, she could spend the rest of her life in prison.
The criminal case remains open. No trial date has been publicly reported, and the specific court handling the proceedings has not been identified in available filings. The school and district where Fortinberry taught have likewise not been named publicly.
What is known is the scale of the allegations: a public school math teacher, entrusted with children, now accused of drugging and sexually exploiting minors barely old enough for high school. The divorce settlement, splitting two cars and a house, is the smallest consequence she faces.
Parents send their kids to school expecting them to learn algebra, not to be preyed upon by the adults paid to teach them. If even a fraction of these 47 charges holds up, the system that put Fortinberry in a classroom owes those families an answer.
