NEW MIAMI, Ohio — A former softball coach and teacher’s aide at New Miami High School in Ohio pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges involving sexual contact with a 17-year-old student.
According to court records, Ashley Rison pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery and two counts of sexual imposition, WCMH-TV reported.
According to the indictment, Rison engaged in sexual conduct with the student eight times in April 2021, and quit her job May 3, 2021, the same day the alleged crimes were reported to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, WXIX-TV reported.
“In addition to what the child tells us, we do have recordings between Ms. Rison and the child of where Ms. Rison makes multiple incriminating statements in asking, begging the child not to report her to the authorities,” Assistant Prosecutor Lindsay Sheehan said in previous court hearings, the TV station reported.
Meanwhile, court records indicate that Rison originally faced five other counts of sexual battery, a felony charge of tampering with evidence and a misdemeanor charge of furnishing alcohol to an underage person, but those charges were dismissed, WCMH reported.
Officials with the New Miami Board of Education confirmed to WXIX that Rison, who joined the school district in August 2015, coached girls’ softball and basketball.
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