Idiot Judge
3 days for sexual battery of a student in her class. The student was a special ed student also.
Christine Scarlett could have received up to 17 years in prison for the sexual battery of her former student, Steven Bradigan, who was 17 in 2002 when the four-year affair began. She pleaded guilty in May.
But Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose spared her from any hard prison time, opting instead to shock her with three days in the County Jail, followed by 180 days' house arrest and five years' probation.
Scarlett, 40, a married mother of three, gave birth to Bradigan's son in 2003. Ambrose said that his sentence took into account her otherwise clean record and her genuine remorse and that it was designed not to punish the 3-year-old child.
"From the bottom of my heart, I am extremely sorry for hurting you and your family," Scarlett said, addressing Bradigan and his parents in court.
"I will always have to live with what I did, knowing it was the wrong thing."
Bradigan, a special-education student with a hearing impairment, told the judge that Scarlett tricked him into having an affair to become pregnant. His words caused her to break into tears.
"You were not interested in what was good for me," said Bradigan, now 22. "I feel like I was used and I was a stupid jerk for not realizing it then."
Bradigan said the misconception of him as "the guy who got lucky with the pretty teacher" has caused him pain and confusion. He developed a drinking problem and has avoided relationships with other women.
"This kind of thing doesn't only hurt girls," said Bradigan, who lives at home and works as a salesman.
Christine Scarlett could have received up to 17 years in prison for the sexual battery of her former student, Steven Bradigan, who was 17 in 2002 when the four-year affair began. She pleaded guilty in May.
But Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose spared her from any hard prison time, opting instead to shock her with three days in the County Jail, followed by 180 days' house arrest and five years' probation.
Scarlett, 40, a married mother of three, gave birth to Bradigan's son in 2003. Ambrose said that his sentence took into account her otherwise clean record and her genuine remorse and that it was designed not to punish the 3-year-old child.
"From the bottom of my heart, I am extremely sorry for hurting you and your family," Scarlett said, addressing Bradigan and his parents in court.
"I will always have to live with what I did, knowing it was the wrong thing."
Bradigan, a special-education student with a hearing impairment, told the judge that Scarlett tricked him into having an affair to become pregnant. His words caused her to break into tears.
"You were not interested in what was good for me," said Bradigan, now 22. "I feel like I was used and I was a stupid jerk for not realizing it then."
Bradigan said the misconception of him as "the guy who got lucky with the pretty teacher" has caused him pain and confusion. He developed a drinking problem and has avoided relationships with other women.
"This kind of thing doesn't only hurt girls," said Bradigan, who lives at home and works as a salesman.
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That judge needs to be fired. He is a despicable, fool who refuses to enforce the law. I would file an ethics complaint against him. 0 -
Either that or wish I was young enough to find a teacher like that... 0
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