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An Ohio teacher was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for sexual battery after she pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old female student.
Rosendale was initially charged with three counts of sexual battery, a third-degree felony. Under a plea agreement on January 26, she has been found guilty of one count of sexual battery. The other two counts were dropped.
After her release, Rosendale will register as a Tier 3 sex offender and will no longer be able to work with children. She must also pay $225 in restitution to the family of the student.
"You stepped across a line, a taboo that cannot be violated," Routson told Rosendale. "There cannot be any sort of relationships between teachers and students and you betrayed a very important trust."
~sigh~ I'm at a loss for words!
At least it wasn't a male teacher with a female student.
I'm happy for the groom to be; that he is able to call off the marriage before it was a done deal. I'd be doing damage control right now. There's plenty of "fallout" to consider.
Now, what exactly is $225 gonna do for anyone in this situation?
I hope the female student gets help.
I wonder if all these student victims of these types of cases are asked why they didn't say "no" or asked why they went along with these ordeals. In some cases, some (not all) of these students seem to be willing participants. The articles don't seem to portray that they (the students) engaged in these relationships unwillingly or were coerced into it or were raped. Yet, I don't have all the details.