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   Stephanie Peterson admitting having sex with the boy in her car -   
    but her lawyers had argued for a lenient sentence because the   
   lad was a 'willing participant'   
      
   A TEACHER who admitted having sex with a 14-year-old pupil has   
   today been jailed for three years - despite pleas to be let off   
   because the lad was 'willing' to sleep with her.   
      
   Stephanie Peterson, 27, also sent the teen lewd messages and   
   photos - while claiming she had fallen in love with him.   
      
   Peterson, who taught at the New Smyrna Beach Middle School,   
   Florida, pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious battery sex act   
   with a child and electronic transmission of material harmful to   
   minors.   
      
   But before sentencing, her lawyers argued she should be given   
   little jail time - because the boy was a “willing participant”.   
      
   And a motion filed to the court requesting a lighter sentence   
   said that she’s already lost her teaching career as a result of   
   her actions - as well as her standing in the community.   
      
   She had faced up to 10 years behind bars.   
      
   Today, Volusia Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano cited Peterson's   
   mental illness and her struggle with bipolar.   
      
   But he said she had to pay for her mistake as he handed down the   
   jail sentence.   
      
   Peterson, who is married, must also register as a sex offender   
   for five years and serve two-years under house arrest.   
      
   Taking to the stand, Peterson admitted she deserved to be   
   monitored for the rest of her life for what she did.   
      
   In an earlier statement presented to the court, Peterson said:   
   "I wish I could make it clear how regretful I am for what has   
   occurred.   
      
   “If I could say one thing to the victim, it would have to be   
   that I’m sorry, two words used too often without much meaning   
      
   "I can honestly say with everything in my heart that I mean it   
   to its truest definition.”   
      
      
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   Peterson taught at the New Smyrna Beach Middle School, Florida   
   but her career is in tatters   
      
   The teenager and Peterson got to know each other after she lent   
   him her mobile so he could check his Instagram account.   
      
   Peterson later sent him a message from his own account after he   
   left himself signed in, according to court documents.   
      
   The pair then continued communicating via Snapchat before   
   Peterson sent the teen nude pictures - including one from inside   
   a shower.   
      
   Her relationship with the pupil came to light after his mum   
   found out about the romps and messages.   
      
   The discovery led Peterson to panic that the police were going   
   to be contacted.   
      
   The former teacher wrote to the teen: “So she’s planning on   
   doing something with it.”   
      
   In another message, Peterson wrote: “Pleas [sic] tell her it was   
   the worst decision of my life and I know it was and idk where my   
   brain was but that I somehow fell in love with you briefly and   
   idk why and I’ll never be the same person because of it.”   
      
   She later asked the teen if she should speak to his mother in a   
   last-ditch effort to prevent the police from getting involved.   
      
   Peterson later begged him to “delete everything” in reference to   
   the messages and photos but was arrested by deputies in Volusia   
   County, Florida in February.   
      
   At the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, a psychologist said she   
   believed Peterson had a manic episode, prompting "irrational and   
   impulsive" behaviour.   
      
   And the expert witness added that Peterson was at low risk of re-   
   offending - and had the relationship with the boy for attention,   
   Click Orlando reported.   
      
   Fighting back tears, Peterson's mum said that her daughter was   
   supportive and "wonderful", adding: "That's my kid. That's the   
   person I know".   
      
   She also apologised to the victim's family - while Peterson's   
   adoptive father said he would be willing to pay damages.   
      
   https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8020825/stephanie-peterson-sex-   
   male-student-florida/   
       
      
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