Woman Accused of Sex with Male Babysitter

(Jasper County, Missouri) A 22-year-old woman from Columbus, Kansas, Ashley N. Thompson, has been charged with statutory rape for engaging in sexual relations with her 15-year-old male babysitter.

Thompson was bound over for trial at a hearing yesterday in Jasper County Circuit Court in Joplin.

The boy testified at the hearing that he began baby-sitting for Thompson's two young children in March. He told the court that some flirtations between him and Thompson led to initial sexual intercourse at her house in Kansas.

He had just turned 15 at the time, and she had turned 22.

The night of March 22, the boy told the court, Thompson called him on a cellular telephone she had bought him. She then came by his home in the Carl Junction area and picked him up in her car, he testified.

They drove to County Road 290, parked and began "making out" in the car, the boy testified. He said they then climbed in the back seat and had sexual intercourse.

The authorities were alerted by Thompson's ex-husband when he learned of the relationship.

Associate Judge Richard Copeland scheduled Thompson for a court appearance later this month.


[Update 09/12/07]

Thompson bound over for trial in Cherokee County, Kansas. She has troubles in two states for one babysitter.