By Simran Kaur, Staff Writer
The sister of the famous TikTok star Noah Beck, is under investigation for allegedly engaging in inappropriate relationships with her teenage student, and sexually abusing him.
Haley Beck, the older sister of Noah Beck is a twenty seven year old former psychology and sociology teacher at Centennial High School in Peoria, Arizona. She was fired by the Peoria Unified School District in March of 2026 following investigations of alleged grooming and engaging in inappropriate relationships with her students starting from as early as their sophomore year.
Beck exchanged thousands of text messages, provided alcohol, drugs, money and special academic treatment and even called herself a “sugar momma” throughout the duration of this crime. The investigation also involved a second teacher Angela Burlaka who is the co-accused. Beck denies all wrongdoing and the case has been under review by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Despite her denial of these allegations, the police department has already released files in which consist of over 4,000 texts between her and this male student that are very clearly highlighting instances of grooming as well as deliberately admitting to engaging in inappropriate relations with this student.
Beck was forced to surrender her Arizona teaching certificate as she was fired, while Angela Burlaka voluntarily surrendered hers. Burlaka had been teaching at Centennial High School for 25 years and was allegedly complicit with the same crimes that Beck committed.
Police investigations took place almost immediately after information hit their desks. Burlaka shared information as regards to Beck, then Beck was asked to be interviewed. She consented willingly to have a discussion with police officers despite not being detained or arrested.
She at one point during the interview referred to the student who she allegedly assaulted as her “peer,” an interesting mistake that only further solidifies the nature of this dynamic and how Beck perceives herself within it.
Beck continued throughout the interview to claim that she only texted students outside of strict school messaging apps for emergencies her players might have as she coaches the Girls Soccer Team.
Beck admitted to messaging the student on Instagram over the summer as he was “in a weird place about going to another school” and she felt like they had a good relationship whereas he would feel comfortable telling her issues he was facing.
Communication between Teachers and Students should always be taking place in monitored settings, within school hours, and never on personal social media accounts. These lines are strictly put in place to protect both the Student and Teacher from being accused of anything but most importantly maintaining a healthy student-teacher dynamic.
Beck oddly enough mentioned her brother Noah Beck’s TikTok account, platform and following during this interview and even began to state how she appeared on her brothers accounts and that her information was accessible to the public.
She went on to deny ever attempting to meet up or creating any plan such to meet with the student. She, however, did admit to getting him gifts, but claims this was just to show support to the high school athletes as she once resonated with them being a high school athlete herself.
After the interview there was a discovery of a handwritten letter found in her apartment where Beck essentially admits to having a continuous inappropriate relationship with her minor student and other incriminating information that entirely contradicts her police interview in its entirety.
Unfortunately what is also clear from this letter is that the student was going through a rough period of his life where Beck acknowledges this very fact and also flat out states that she knows this relationship “is very wrong.” The student is a child and no child can consent to any of what Beck has allegedly done to the student.
Online many individuals have been sharing their own opinions on the situationship and a constant recurring theme is how the student was handling the situation, the texts, and the in person meets.
As this is a student who was a minor, it is very clear that there was a power imbalance between Beck and the student, but also that his behavior towards this situation has most likely come from a long period of being groomed. Some have stated that his “impassive” uncaring attitude throughout the evidence is out of the ordinary, but forget that this is a teenager who has been desensitized to this environment and the situation.
No matter how horrendous the situation, and how we would have reacted within it at the very moment, the very fact the student was in this position for multiple years has most likely caused this tone and intent of his actions to be misconstrued as a lack of care.
It is very likely that the student does care, and even more certain that he will face irreversible emotional damage from this situation. However, these critiques come from an unrealistic comparison of what one would do in this situation versus actually facing the reality of the situation and the factors that directly impact the behavior.
The case is still ongoing, and more evidence along with other civil lawsuits have been filed.