Zanesvili – two months after her husband’s acquittal for the same event, a 37 -year -old Ashton Whitney Stotts was sentenced to a sexual attack.
July 28th. She was sentenced to two years in prison when she went against the Musk District Court, Kelly Cottrill, after she was found guilty of three sexual batteries in May, both third degree crimes.
Ashton W. Stotts reports against the judge Kelly Cottrill on July 28th. She was found guilty of three sexual battery calculations after May. Jury court. She received a two -year prison for a sexual attack at a drunken three -person meeting in 2024. March
The incident occurred in 2024. March, with one victim of a woman.
The victim, which is reported to have been reported at the same time, woke up to have been sexually attacked, she said in a statement submitted by a statement that was read in court.
“I thought I could trust her,” the victim said in his letter.
Then she described in detail the nightmare life of living a life filled with fear, anxiety, instability, mental and emotional suffering. As a result of the incident, she stated that it cost her marriage, forced her to miss the family’s guidelines and created insecurity in her current relationship.
Physical wounds healed, she explained, but her heart and mind did not.
“I don’t want it to anyone,” she said.
“The sexual assault is different from any other case,” said Michael Hughes, assistant prosecutor’s lawyer because he asked for a maximum sentence of 15 years. “Sexual assault is different because they violate them as an autonomous person.”
Stotts and her lawyer Aaron Conrad asked for community control (or probation). He noted that it was an isolated incident and Stadts was proactive in searching for therapy and remained sober from the event.
“This is a really serious case,” Conrad said. “My client takes it very seriously.”
He had no other beliefs or convictions and criminal records and was at a low risk of recidivism, he added.
Stads apologized for the sadness, confusion and discomfort caused by the victim.
“I wish I could go back. I am very sorry about the events of March 4, 2024,” she said in court.
“I’m not usually the one who survives reckless or negligently,” she continued. “That night was not a woman I am, or the woman I seek to be.”
“This night will be convicted,” Cottrill said. “It has caused your dangerous lifestyle and now there is a victim.”
He acknowledged Stotts for its sobriety, attended weekly therapy sessions and a large support system that provided at least 29 letters on her behalf.
“It’s a really difficult case,” Cottrill added.
Stotts received three two -year penalties at the same time. After releasing, she will have to register as a 3 -step sexual offender.
“After the jurors sentenced to three sexual batteries, our office requested a maximum penalty for 15 years. The defendant can only receive two years after taking no responsibility is disappointing,” – July 28. Said Musking District Prosecutor Ron Welch.
Stotts was granted one prison time for a credit day. Previously, it was considered a Muscing County Prison for $ 100,000 bond.
Her husband Wesley Stadts on May 21st. Seven accusations, including three rape, three calculations of the sexual battery and one total sexual admission, have been acquitted. Initially, Ashton was accused of the same seven charges.
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This article initially appeared on the Zanesville Times recording device: Dresden Woman, convicted of sexual battery charges; The man was acquitted