Female trainer who had sex with student given probation

KeithBMI · #1 07-30-2009, 07:48 PM

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Former Tustin High School personal trainer, Hope Ashley Jacoby, 24, was today sentenced to three years of informal probation and 240 hours of community service, after pleading guilty to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and three counts of oral copulation with a minor.

Jacoby admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old male student in her car and at her home on several different occasions throughout 2008.

School officials learned of the relationship when pictures of Jacoby were found on the student's phone.

The prosecution, led by Deputy District Attorney Nikki Buracchio, asked Judge Gregory W. Jones for a more substantial punishment considering the position of trust Jacoby held as a trainer at the school, before handing out the sentence.

But Judge Jones ruled against the DA's office wishes.

All of Jacoby's offenses are considered felonies, but were reduced to misdemeanors on account of what Judge Jones considered "a totally consensual relationship." Judge Jones described the student as a "willing participant" and "somewhat enthusiastic" about his relationship with the defendant. He also noted that the student "engaged in deception" in an effort to have the relationship continue for as long as it did.

The student was permitted an opportunity to make a victim-impact statement at the hearing today, but did not make an appearance in court.

Jones also noted that in 34 states, the age of consent is 16. He said the defendant did break the law in California, where the age of consent is 18, but would consider his own behavior to be derelict if he did not take into consideration all factors, including what he called the insignificant age gap, and the ability for 16-year-olds to be tried as adults when they commit felonies in some cases.

The Orange County District Attorney's office has come out with a strong stance against these types of crimes. They believe women and men should receive equal punishment and that Jacoby got off easy.

"Women expect to be treated equally and expect equal rights, and we believe that if you perpetrate the crime, you should do the time," said Susan Kang Schroeder, the public affairs counsel for the DA's office. "Jacoby and her lawyers obviously worked out some kind of deal with the court to have these charges reduced to misdemeanors."

Schroeder said the DA's office has seen cases where the perpetrator is a male in his early twenties and the victim 16 or 17 years of age, and the sentencing is much tougher.

Schroeder, who has advocated her office's position on this issue on Oprah, said her biggest concerns is that parents be able send their children to school without fear of having them corrupted by people in positions of trust.

"This is a case involving a position of trust where the defendant was 23 years old and in a different place in life than [the student], who was 17," Schroeder said. "There is a huge age difference between a 23-year-old and a 17-year-old in the amount of sophistication."

"Everyone on this planet, including Hope Jacoby, knew what she did was illegal," Schroeder said. "The law is the law, and it doesn't matter what the law is in other states or other countries, it is designed to protect minors from these types of situations."

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bui · #2 07-30-2009, 07:52 PM

Heh...

nortonrider · #3 07-30-2009, 08:00 PM

Dang!
Where were these teachers when I was in School?

MakiSupaStar · #4 07-30-2009, 08:01 PM

Apparently, wet dreams do come true.

popinfresh · #5 07-30-2009, 08:04 PM

Read the thread title again...

Maybe it'd been some time since her last?

ryco · #6 07-30-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nortonrider

Dang!
Where were these teachers when I was in School?

No effin' kidding! "No teacher - I will not participate!" Shya zif!

allexcosta · #7 07-30-2009, 08:09 PM

WOW, lucky kid...

Joe Gress · #8 07-30-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Apparently, wet dreams do come true.

No ****.

warwick.hoy · #9 07-30-2009, 08:18 PM

I like the comment.

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LT says:

I'm not sure EVERYONE on the planet knew what she did was illegal. Hyperbole, much?

Of course if it was a male teacher caught having sex with a 16 year old girl; consensual or not, we'd hang him from the highest tree. Equality my arse.

TOOL460002 · #10 07-30-2009, 08:31 PM

hehe... gets off easily... im immature.

oh how obvious the differences are between the sentencing of sex with minors when it comes to men versus women. society is weird like that. maybe its viewed as more consensual... who knows. i know i wouldve been cool with banging some hot chick when i was 17 if she was 23, yet i would also be for extreme legal repercussions if it was the other way around. it just seems creepy.

WookieeForLife · #11 07-30-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by warwick.hoy

I like the comment.

Of course if it was a male teacher caught having sex with a 16 year old girl; consensual or not, we'd hang him from the highest tree. Equality my arse.

But the 16yr old girl woundn't be estatic like the boy

bassrique · #12 07-30-2009, 08:41 PM

Someone needs to find her myspace/facebook.

kserg · #13 07-30-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WookieeForLife

But the 16yr old girl woundn't be estatic like the boy

Because men are dirty.

WookieeForLife · #14 07-30-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kserg

Because men are dirty.

Or a little tooo "happy"

**Mark Wilson** · #15 07-30-2009, 09:06 PM

Damn.

Rumzini · #16 07-30-2009, 09:44 PM

There was a local teacher that did this. Hung himself from his garage. Later on I saw the girl.....whooooa!

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Originally Posted by warwick.hoy

I like the comment.

Of course if it was a male teacher caught having sex with a 16 year old girl; consensual or not, we'd hang him from the highest tree. Equality my arse.

bassistkll · #17 07-30-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nortonrider

Dang!
Where were these teachers when I was in School?

+1

Dr. Cheese · #18 07-30-2009, 09:47 PM

Cases like this are really weird. At one level, we all know that it is every straight boy's fantasy to nail a pretty young adult woman, a young woman who is authority figure makes it even hotter!

The problem is that when a judge goes lightly on a grown woman who gives it up to a kid, the implication is that somehow a teenage male is more mature because of his penis. This is a real problem because by most indecies girls are more mature in their teens than boys, and if anything could probably handle an actual relationship (not regular booty calls) with a man in his twenties than could a boy with a woman that age.

curandero · #19 07-30-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bui

Heh...

This is the personal trainer?

HI

bui · #20 07-30-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by curandero

This is the personal trainer?

HI

It's from the site listed in the picture URL...I'm sure you can find the rest. I'm afraid to post up the other pics...nothing lewd (I've seen worse...or is it better...in the Chicks at Gigs thread), but the comments probably aren't appropriate for here.