A now-fired Missouri math teacher who admitted to having rough sex with a 16-year-old student while another student was “watching” will spend three months in prison if she undergoes sexual rehabilitation. It may be possible to get away with just that.
Hayley Clifton-Carmack, 26, a divorced mother of two, was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, but it was teased that her sentence would be suspended if she completed a rehabilitation program for sex offenders. , KJLU reported.
Circuit Judge John Beggar said he would monitor her rehabilitation progress within three months and release the disgraced teacher on probation if she made a successful recovery.
The sweetheart deal was struck in September when Ms Clifton-Carmack pleaded guilty to sexual contact with a student, avoiding other more serious initial charges including statutory rape, child molestation and child endangerment. I was able to.
A math teacher at Lakey High School was arrested in January after a student reported an illicit relationship to school resource officers. A witness showed police a photo of the victim's scratched back, which Clifton-Carmack allegedly injured during a sexual act in the witness's driveway.
Witnesses told police that Clifton-Carmack had previously gotten into trouble with school officials for getting too close to students.
According to reports, when questioned by detectives in December 2023, she initially denied having an illegal affair, went to Texas for the holidays, and told her roommate she would not return.
She was arrested in Texas in January and charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory rape, sexual contact with a student, and fourth-degree child molestation. .
The boy's father, Mark Clayton, was also arrested on suspicion of endangering the welfare of a child after another witness told police the father knew about the sexual relationship but did not report it.
Court documents revealed that the father knew that his son and the teacher were using the students as “watchers,” especially if they had sex during class hours.
“He knew about the relationship between his minor child and the 26-year-old teacher, but instead of reporting that information, he continued to protect them and allowed the relationship to continue,” Clayton said, adding, “Haley never came to her home. “and met the victim while the victim was present,'' the prosecutor said.
She also told witnesses she would lie for her son's sake if necessary.
