was an illegal relationship. a horrible crime to b accused of, but she insisted h wasn t the victim, she was i was petrified of him, petrified. she says he forced himsel on her did you ever have consensua sex with him never prosecutor said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believer? i was insulted that she thought someone would. but tutor and her pupil breaking all the rules but who was telling the truth? we both knew that what we are doing was wrong. he owned me i never have had such evidence against someone as had in this case hello and welcome t dateline, it started with racy photo found on a teenag boys phone and ended in courtroom with a jury forced t decide, was the 33 old femal tutor in the picture a victi or a predator? here s keith morrison with teacher s message. you two were in cahoots - it didn t have to and hear. he keeps stating things tha he has no evidence for a though it is facts with a turning to war you
she tweeted him and gave hi information on how to contac her because i had her phone so he couldn t call her anymore or text or anymore she had changed phone numbers. but somehow he was able to email her and call her and, at least, once the managed to meet in person. in fact, he was very upse being told that he couldn t se her again. yes, he was in love in fact he created a ne email account, jose diaz, an declarations of everlastin love flew in the speed o infatuation, and then in early august some three months after the relationship came to light abigail simon drove from her parents house to the gym and there was the police car this was her mugshot, she wa charged with several counts of
last case? it s mostly sorry that she had to bring it to court at all. i do not think that you put a victim through what she pu this victim through. not confessing, not bein repentant. i hope she has some time t consider what she did to tha family beyond what she did to tha child. since then, the young man s lawyers have filed a lawsuit against simon. claiming battery, an emotional distress he lawsuit also accused th local catholic diocese, to administrators, and a coach of not protecting the young man from the tutor in march of 2017, the young ma agreed to dismiss the case against simon. and the court held that th other defendants could not b found liable and as for that young man? he graduated to adulthood. weighted with a silver reality he is going to have to live with the fact that the perso that he loved is going to be i prison for eight years indeed, abigail simon serve those eight years. then was released on parole.
deliver her fate here now is keith morrison wit the conclusion, of teacher message. november 2014 just hours before th thanksgiving holiday was t begin. not a word from the jury for 12 hours what they believe abby or the prosecution but then, they were back you re ready for the jury abby simon seem to be teetering on the brink an emotional wreck - if you would kindly stand, and by reading from the form where it starts. we the jury. where the jury on count one and the charge of criminal sexual conduct, first degree we the jury find the defendant abigail simon, guilty. [screaming] abby s mother and sister cried out in anger, and anguish. the jury just didn t believe her. and the charge for th accosting a child for mora
it rose to t wheorse level other while sea level has rise over the past few decades. now back to dateline as the sunshine faded, an western michigan settled int the late fall of 2014, i appeared that the case against abigail simon was headed to courtroom. so a veteran prosecutor name helen was assigned the case. it was to be her last before retirement she had made a career out of prosecuting sex crimes you go after rapists, and abusers on behalf of victims and you have a situation where as a person, they re prosecuting, they claim they the victim yes, what a way to end th 25-year long career. to have someone who was prayin on a 15 year old boy for her own gratification, turn around