Karate Teacher Gets Prison for Sex with Boy - Updated

(Orange County, Florida) In accordance with an agreement with the prosecution, 27-year-old karate instructor Michelle Fresno pleaded guilty to engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student on several occasions.

In exchange for her plea, Fresno was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of probation.

Immediately after her expression of guilt, Fresno was fingerprinted, handcuffed and taken to jail. It's unknown whether Fresno will be required to register as a sex offender.


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Karate Teacher Arrested for Sex with Boy
[Previous 12/6/08 post]
(Orange County, Florida) A 26-year-old karate instructor formerly at Sidekicks Martial Arts in Apopka, Michelle Fresno, was arrested this week for allegedly engaging in sex with one of her 15-year-old students.

Fresno faces 11 counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child under 16.

The incident unraveled after the boys mom found out about the affair after seeing the couple kissing out in front of the boys home on November 15th. The mother confronted the boy and told him she was going to Fresno’s boss at the karate studio.

Two days later, Fresno was fired but according to the report the affair between the two didn’t end there.

There were several instances where the boy snuck out of his house to meet with Fresno as well as several occasions when Fresno snuck into the boy’s home and had relations with him.

The entire incident came to head last week when the mother noticed a red mark on the boy’s neck. The boy told his mother that he got the mark from an unknown female at a party. The mother didn’t believe him and contacted the school resource officer at Apopka High School where the boy attends.

When confronted at the school, the boy admitted the affair.

I would guess that the mark on the boy's neck was a hickey.

Fresno was booked into the Orange County Jail.