A 22-year-old high school cheerleading coach in Shelbyville, Ind., cut a plea deal with prosecutors after admitting she performed oral s*x on a 17-year-old male student in her car.
Under the terms of the plea deal, Megan Crafton pleaded guilty to dissemination of matter or conducting performance harmful to minors, a felony, but will avoid having to register as a s*x offender.
Prosecutors had originally charged Crafton with felony child seduction, a more serious offense, after the student, who is a member of the Shelbyville High School basketball team, came forward to police.
“The prosecutor’s office was willing to compromise to that level. I can’t speak to their motivations for doing that. I just know they worked well with us,” Allen Lindy, Crafton’s attorney, told Fox 59 News.
Crafton admitted to police that she had performed oral s*x on the student in the parking lot Western Supermarket in Shelbyville.
The age of consent in Indiana is 16 years of age, but state employees are prohibited from having s*xual relationships with anyone under the age of 18 whom they oversee.
“Even though he wasn’t a cheerleader that she had, he was still in the system as a student, which put her in a position of authority, which made it illegal,” said Lt. Michael Turner with the Shelbyville Police Department.
In October, Lindy had filed an unsuccessful motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that Crafton was not in a position of power over the student.
Crafton will now be on probation for the next 12 months, and must complete 25 hours of community service. If she successfully completes her probation, Crafton may apply to have the charge against her reduced to a misdemeanor.
“She’s got her whole life ahead of her, and hopefully, this is just a blip on the radar for her.' told Fox 59 News.
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