The Missouri teacher who was placed on leave after she was found running an OnlyFans page with her husband has now resigned to devote her time to porn.
“I don’t want to fight the school district. I’m just ready for peace,” Brianna Coppage, 28, told The Messenger of her resignation.
“I knew that nothing was ever going to be the same if I went back so that was just the best option.”
Coppage, a freshman and sophomore English teacher at St. Clair High School, was suspected on Sept. 27 after district officials got wind of her scandalous side gig, which left the community red-faced.
“I don’t want the school to continue getting hate,” she told the news outlet of her decision to step down. “I would like the education of students to be able to return to normal, they deserve to have a great year.”
Coppage said she was motivated to launch her porn account over the summer to supplement her measly educator’s salary — which earned her $42,000 last year, public records show.
Her OnlyFans channel raked in between $8,000 and $10,000 per month, which has at least doubled after word of her suspension got out.
Coppage told The Messenger she has suspicions about who ratted her out.
She earlier said she believed the complaint came after she and her hubby collaborated with another OnlyFans couple that has a more significant following.
“Never do I think that students or children should have been exposed to this and I truly believe had an adult not found it, and I was told that an adult is who reported it, students never would have known,” she told the outlet.
Coppage said she plans to focus on her OnlyFans account to make more money and because she enjoys the racy work.
“I’ve gotten a lot of support on the site, so that’s definitely encouraging,” she told the outlet.
Coppage got emotional when she described how she’ll miss working with students.
“It’s been a journey for sure, the last couple of days have definitely been a roller coaster,” she told the outlet. “It turned our life upside down.”