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Teacher accused of sex with student, won't face trial after she married victim

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http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130118/ARTICLES/130119678/1177?Title=Teacher-charged-with-having-sex-with-student-marries-him-preventing-his-testimony
A former Brunswick County teacher charged with having sex with a student pleaded guilty last month to a lesser charge after she married the victim, preventing the state from compelling him to testify against her, a prosecutor said this week.

Leah Gayle Shipman, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to misdemeanor resisting a public officer.

Shipman was a married Brunswick County Academy teacher when she was arrested in January 2009 on charges of sexual offense with a student, statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a student. Shipman was immediately suspended from her job and her contract wasn't renewed.

Court records indicate that on Jan. 19, 2011, she divorced her husband of 19 years, and on Jan. 25, 2011, Shipman married student Johnnie Ray Ison in Brunswick County after obtaining a marriage license from Columbus County. According to the Columbus County register of deeds office, Ison was 17 at the time of the marriage, and his mother, Susan Wilson, signed the paperwork allowing him to marry.

Brunswick County Assistant District Attorney Gina Essey said Shipman was offered the plea because, despite Ison's admissions to investigators that he and Shipman engaged in sex when he was 15, those statement's were inadmissable in court if he didn't testify.

Under North Carolina law, the spouse of a defendant cannot be compelled to testify against the defendant in criminal cases or grand jury proceedings except in cases of bigamy; domestic violence; trespassing, when one trespasses upon another's property during a separation; abandonment or criminal offenses against a minor child of either spouse.

The charge to which Shipman pleaded stems from text messages and phone calls she made to the victim during his police interrogation at the investigation stage.

Shipman was sentenced to a suspended 30-day jail sentence, 12 months of probation and $345 in restitution. She was also ordered to surrender her teaching license.
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MYE

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Magni

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Mary Kay Letourneau probably wishes she could have done this (she married her "victim" after eight years in jail).
 
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dojokun

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Since she had to divorce her husband (meaning he had to sign the papers) and the mom of the boy had to sign consent papers to marry, on top of the boy himself having to consent, I'm not sure this is a "loophole" per say. When all those parties including the youngster are OK with it, it might one of those times when the lesser charge is just fine.
 
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amaron11

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I gotta ask: What the hell is this and kids having even SEMI-hot teachers (not this woman)?

I can't think of a teacher that I had that wasn't A) a guy, or B) under 40.
 
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jorma said:
Boy: I'm not a victim damnit
World: shaddup, you are a victim if we say you are
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Precisely. Where were they when I trudged through my formative years? I was a naive grade-schooler. If they were puttin out the vibe, it would have gone right over my dumb head.
 
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Steelrain said:
Man, that kid is gonna regret that when/if he gets to college. 42 years old? C'mon son.
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He's probably not going to be married by then.

And I'm thinking he would have felt worse if they had forced him to testify against his will, sending her to jail for a decade or so. Seems like everyone else involved thought so as well.
 
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Sarah Jones:

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"Eh, give her a slap on the wrist."





Gayle Shipman:

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"Hang'm high!!"
 
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dojokun

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Vilix said:
Sarah Jones:

[pic of hot chick]

"Eh, give her a slap on the wrist."





Gayle Shipman:

[pic of not-so-hot chick]

"Hang'm high!!"
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To play devil's advocate, if the woman is hot, it's more believable that the underaged boy really really wanted it. If the woman is not that hot, it's more believable he was coerced. Not that the hot woman should get away with it... that's why she still gets a slap on the wrist.
 
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Maybe he (or she)'s just having a bad day. Did overestimate by two inches after all.

edit: Awww, corrected with bold and everything <3
 
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dojokun said:
... by not getting a boner. Yes. Yes it does. Ask any girl who has tried to fuck her drunk boyfriend. She'll tell you the male body shuts it down way too often.
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To be clear: you are aware that an erection does not necessarily imply consent, correct? Any more than self-lubrication and orgasm in a woman imply consent?

Physical arousal isn't consent.
 
oxrock

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Honestly amazed that the boy's mother would sign paperwork allowing the marriage.
 
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Hawkian said:
He? I know the eyes are a little inhuman but that seems a bit harsh.
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Trin said:
Ouch. Never doing Real Pic January again.

Edit: haha Hawkian :p
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Sorry!

Hawkian said:
Maybe he (or she)'s just having a bad day. Did overestimate by two inches after all.

edit: Awww, corrected with bold and everything <3
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He, though I guess my Abra doesn't really give it away :) No bad day here, just in a hurry while waiting for a work-related tab to load!
 
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oxrock said:
Honestly amazed that the boy's mother would sign paperwork allowing the marriage.
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I'm fairly sure there is some monetary compensation involved and a future divorce is part of the arrangement. At least that's the only way I can make sense of a mother allowing her 17 year old son to marry 42 year old woman, mothers want healthy grandchildren.
 
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hym said:
I'm fairly sure there is some monetary compensation involved and a future divorce is part of the arrangement. At least that's the only way I can make sense of a mother allowing her 17 year old son to marry 42 year old woman, mothers want healthy grandchildren.
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or his mom is supportive of him?
 
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Magna said:
He, though I guess my Abra doesn't really give it away :)
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Yeah, Nidoran and Kangaskhan are the only Pokémon with biological sexes as far as I'm concerned. I plug my ears and go lalalala when people talk about what happens after there were 152 :p
 
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dojokun

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Ri'Orius said:
To be clear: you are aware that an erection does not necessarily imply consent, correct? Any more than self-lubrication and orgasm in a woman imply consent?

Physical arousal isn't consent.
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Hmmm... I've never been aroused while not wanting to have sex with the source of my arousal... so... I guess I'm a bit confused on this response.
 
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Vilix said:
Sarah Jones:

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"Eh, give her a slap on the wrist."





Gayle Shipman:

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"Hang'm high!!"
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I'm completely fine with this double-standard.
 
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If she was actually 6'5, I totally would. Gotta assume the body is well set and nicely athletic. Like she was a basketball player or gym teacher or something.

my only question is why is mom playing ball?
 
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