HS Trainer Gets Hand Slap in Sex Case - Updated

(Newport Beach, California) Earlier this month, Tustin High School trainer Hope Ashley Jacoby, 24, pleaded guilty to four felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and three felony counts of oral copulation of a minor.

The offenses resulted from a year-long sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student.

Between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 19, 2008, Jacoby had an unlawful sexual relationship with a male student, whom she met while working as an athletic trainer at Tustin High School.

The defendant had unlawful sex with the victim in her car and at her San Juan Capistrano home on several occasions when the victim was between 16 and 17 years old.

Despite objections by the prosecution and, presumably, any interested observer of the case, Judge Gregory Jones reduced all of Jacoby's crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and sentenced her to 240 hours of community service.

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High School Trainer Busted for Sex with Student
[Previous 12/24/08 post]
(Tustin, California) A 23-year-old athletic trainer working at Tustin High School, Hope Jacoby, was arrested at school last Friday for allegedly engaging in sex with a male student.

Jacoby works for firm under contract with the school to train athletes. The alleged victim is between the ages of 14 and 17.

According to Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino:

Jacoby allegedly had sex with the student at various locations around the county over the past year. Amormino said it's unknown if any sexual activity took place on the school campus.

Investigators suspect that Jacoby may have had inappropriate contact with others at the school.

Jacoby faces charges of oral copulation of a minor and unlawful sex with a minor. She was booked into custody at the Orange County Jail with bail set at $100,000.