Cottage Hill Christian Teacher Arrested After Viral Child Abuse VideoNewsWithLala November 19, 2025A teacher at Cottage Hill Christian Academy in Mobile, Alabama has been fired and arrested after a disturbing video surfaced that appears to show her repeatedly beating a young boy with a belt inside her home. Authorities have identified the woman as Nicole (Randi) Staples, an elementary teacher at the private Christian school. Investigators say the clip, which spread quickly online.

ken strickland

Jacksonville, FL · 2 months ago

What did he do? It must’ve been bad enough to get that ass beat

Ousman Touray

New York, NY · 23 days ago

she could discipline him not like that I got it worse than him still love my mother and farther to death because it wasn't abusive it was hold him responsible before he go do something he can't take back but she doing everything wrong in this video

Lydia Dietz

2 months ago

Of course she works at a Christian school. Most of you are abusive behind closed doors. Not all but a lot of you are

NewsWithLala

Ellenton, FL · 2 months ago

Cottage Hill Christian Teacher Arrested After Viral Child Abuse Video NewsWithLala November 19, 2025 A teacher at Cottage Hill Christian Academy in Mobile, Alabama has been fired and arrested after a disturbing video surfaced that appears to show her repeatedly beating a young boy with a belt inside her home. Authorities have identified the woman as Nicole (Randi) Staples, an elementary teacher at the private Christian school. Investigators say the clip, which spread quickly online, shows Staples hitting her son more than 20 times with what looks like a belt or strap while yelling obscenities at him for not finishing his chores. In the same recording, she is also seen slamming the child to the floor by his hair and then yanking him back up again by his hair as he cries. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has charged Staples with willful abuse of a child under 18, a felony under Alabama law. The incident happened off campus at her personal residence and involved her own child, not a Cottage Hill student, but deputies say the violence in the video clearly crossed the line into criminal abuse. She was booked into Mobile Metro Jail on November 19, 2025 and is scheduled to appear in court for a bond hearing on Friday. Cottage Hill Christian Academy said school leaders were alerted on November 19 to concerns about “off-campus conduct” by an elementary teacher toward her minor child. Administrators say they immediately removed her from the classroom, placed her on leave, cooperat