Sarah Jones Pleads Guilty to Having Sex With Minor

Former NFL cheerleader Sarah Jones has
pleaded guilty to having sex with her 17-year-
old former student while she was a teacher at
a Kentucky high school.
Jones will NOT serve jail time as a result.
In a tearful admission in Kenton County
Circuit Court in Covington, Ky., Sarah Jones,
27, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and
custodial interference.
"I began a romantic relationship while he was
a student and I was in a position of
authority," Jones said, her voice cracking as
family members wiped their tears.
The one-time Cincinnati Ben-Gal then detailed
her dalliances with the boy.
Jones admitted that the two had sex, that she
sent him sexually explicit text messages and
lied about the relationship to police,
beginning in February 2011.
The teen had been in Jones' freshman English
class in 2008, and she was his peer tutor in
2010 and 2011 before he graduated at the
age of 17 this year.
In accepting the plea agreement, Judge
Patricia Summe granted prosecutors'
recommendation to sentence Jones to five
years of diversion but no jail time.
The "female Sandusky" won't have to register
as a sex offender, either. The diversion
requires Jones to report to a probation officer
and undergo drug tests.
Prosecutors said they were willing to make
the deal because the teen, now 18, and his
family were uncooperative with them and on
Jones' side.