I haven't mentioned this in the thread, but it's really interesting and was mentioned at the sentencing phase of his trial (I went because he was my teacher): Gregory Stanley, the theatre teacher, used to be friends and roommates in college with Jim Parsons (Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory) and Jim's partner, but they had an argument over Disney tickets (I know it sounds made up, but this was mentioned at his trial), so Stanley had a falling out with them and became depressed, since he considered Jim to be his best friend. Also, one witness at the trial said that if Stanley ended up getting house arrest and needed somewhere to stay, he would let Stanley live with him and his wife, since he considered him a good friend (good lawyering by the defense to put him on the stand).

You can look up "Greg Stanley Jim Parsons" and there's several articles about them. Jim briefly thanked him in his Emmy acceptance speech in 2010, and there's a video of it (he lists all the people he's thanking, and one of the names is Greg Stanley).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3222980/amp/Jim-Parson-s-college-friend-thanked-2010-Emmys-speech-arrested-improper-relationship-student.html

A former college roommate and longtime friend of Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has been arrested for having an improper relationship with one of his high school students.

Greg Stanley was arrested in College Station, Texas after one of his 17-year-old students reported that he lured him to his home and served him alcohol before sexually assaulting him.

Maximum Sentence Date: 2032-01-17

Current Facility: STILES

Projected Release Date: 2026-02-17

Denied on 03/22/2023

NEXT REVIEW (03/2024)- Deny favorable parole action and set for next review.

Denial reason(s): 2D

2D NATURE OF OFFENSE - THE RECORD INDICATES THE INSTANT OFFENSE HAS ELEMENTS OF BRUTALITY, VIOLENCE, ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR, OR CONSCIOUS SELECTION OF VICTIM'S VULNERABILITY INDICATING A CONSCIOUS DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY OF OTHERS, SUCH THAT THE OFFENDER POSES A CONTINUING THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

From now on, I'll post updates in this thread once a year (every time there's a decision on his parole). I'll also post an update when he's released. The parole board was supposed to have a decision by February 17th, but it took 33 more days than it was supposed to

Yesterday was eight years since he was arrested, so it's been a long time. He's been incarcerated since January 19th last year and his next parole hearing is in March, so I'll update whenever there's a decision.

Maximum Sentence Date: 2032-01-17

Current Facility: STILES

Projected Release Date: 2026-02-17

Denied on 04/10/2024

NEXT REVIEW (04/2025)- Deny favorable parole action and set for next review.

Denial reason(s): 2D

2D NATURE OF OFFENSE - THE RECORD INDICATES THE INSTANT OFFENSE HAS ELEMENTS OF BRUTALITY, VIOLENCE, ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR, OR CONSCIOUS SELECTION OF VICTIM'S VULNERABILITY INDICATING A CONSCIOUS DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY OF OTHERS, SUCH THAT THE OFFENDER POSES A CONTINUING THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

If he was denied two days earlier, it would have been on his 51st birthday and the day of the solar eclipse

Love Gun said:

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Sicko did this to a kid while he was at Magnolia HS, too. If convicted, he needs to swing.

Instead of never letting your kids outside because you're scared of freaks like these, tell your kids to live their lives. Most importantly, teach them to know when to say something about anything that may be criminal or unethical for teachers.

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Teach them that they have no business going to a teacher's home at any time.

Thanks for the update

For those of you wondering why he was first eligible for parole a little over a year into a ten year sentence, it's because improper relationship between educator and student (the offense he was charged with and convicted of) isn't an aggravated offense. If the victim was sixteen instead of seventeen, it would have been considered child molestation, which is an aggravated offense, and he would have had to serve half of his sentence before being eligible for parole.

He'll be entering the parole review process next month and January 19th will be three years since he was sentenced (also, this past August was nine years since his arrest). I'll post again when there's a decision on his parole (most likely in April, but it could be in May, since his last two decisions happened the month after they were supposed to happen). If he's denied parole again, his projected release date is February 2026, but it's not a guarantee that he'll be released by then.