Pretty sure if it had been a 27 year old male teacher with the student, he'd be looking at a statutory rape charge and a lot more even if consensual instead of being let off with a slap on the wrist like this teacher got (legally, at any rate).
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The judge, who remarked on how unique the case was, said that she was not a sexual predator despite having a relationship with the underage girl because she was 'willing' .
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Teacher who had affair with student avoids jail
Jennifer Walsh 27, had been facing 18 months behind bars on a charge of gross sexual imposition for having sex with the girl while working as a special ed teacher at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati.
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The judge, who remarked on how unique the case was, said that she was not a sexual predator despite having a relationship with the underage girl because she was 'willing' .
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