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Update: August 1, 2008
Former teacher pleads not guilty in sex assault case
A former middle school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship
with a student six years ago pleaded not guilty in Sarpy County
District Court this morning.
Stephanie A. Draper, 35, of Blair, Neb., faces up to 50 years in
prison if convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child.
Sarpy County authorities issued a warrant for Draper's arrest July 18.
According to an affidavit requesting the warrant, the student, now 21,
told an investigator that he and Draper had a relationship between
February and April 2002, when he was 14.
He said they met when the student attended Beadle Middle School.
Draper is scheduled to be back in court in November.
Source:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10395893
July 24, 2008
Former Millard teacher turns self in, then posts bail
A Sarpy County judge today ordered a former Millard middle school
teacher not to have contact with anyone younger than 18, except her
own children, while she faces a first-degree child sexual assault
charge.
Stephanie A. Draper, 35, of Blair, Neb., is accused of having a sexual
relationship with a student six years ago. She turned herself in about
6 this morning and was released from the Sarpy County Jail shortly
after 11 a.m. after posting 10 percent of her $100,000 bail, or
$10,000.
Draper waived her right to a preliminary hearing this morning during
an appearance before Sarpy County Judge Jeffrey Funke. She is
scheduled to appear in District Court in about a week.
Sarpy County authorities issued a warrant for Draper's arrest July 18,
charging her with first-degree sexual assault of a minor, a crime
punishable by up to 50 years in prison.
Draper's attorney, Chris Perrone of Papillion, said he had no comment
on the case.
Draper started with the Millard Public Schools in 1998 as a computer
teacher at North Middle School, said Amy Friedman, a district
spokeswoman. Draper taught sixth grade at the school after that,
through the 2001-02 school year, Friedman said.
In the 2002-03 school year, Draper moved to Beadle Middle School,
where she taught sixth grade. In 2003-04, she taught language arts at
Beadle, then moved back to sixth grade, which she taught until she
resigned in February of this year, Friedman said.
According to an affidavit requesting the warrant, the student, now 21,
told an investigator that he and Draper had a relationship between
February and April 2002, when he was 14. They met when the student
attended Beadle Middle School.
The student said he and Draper, who then lived in Sarpy County, had
sex twice at her house. Another time, they drove to Washington County,
where they kissed near the site where Draper and her husband were
building a house.
There was another incident at Draper's house, the student said, but
the two did not have sex.
The student told the investigator that he was not interested in a
sexual relationship with Draper but that at the time he thought it
would be "cool to hang out with her." Draper was "like a mentor," he
said. He admitted that he drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes at
Draper's house.
The student told the investigator that he recently called Draper and
tried to extort $5,000 in hush money from her. She told him that she
didn't have that much money but that she had a diamond ring she
believed to be worth that much. In an e-mail, the student said, Draper
said she would give him the ring "if you promise that will be the end
of it — no more threats, no more e-mails and no calls."
In other recent e-mails to the former student, Draper apologizes to
him for what she had done but doesn't admit to sexual misconduct,
according to the affidavit.
The student said he decided to come forward now because he thinks what
Draper did was wrong — and because he hasn't been able to move on from
the experiences. He said he has smoked, drunk alcohol and used drugs
since then and blames Draper.
In 2002, the Millard district "formally admonished" Draper for
inappropriate behavior with students but allowed her to continue
teaching in the district, the affidavit says.
Source:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10388197&u_rss=1& |
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