Michigan Tutor Arrested for Having Sex with Minor Says Teen Initiated Relationship

Few believe her.

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A tutor in Michigan facing charges for having sex with a minor claims the boy forced her into having sex with him, 

According to the New York Daily News, 35-year-old Abigail Simon of Grand Rapids, Mich. was arrested after the mother of a 15-year-old Catholic Central High School found explicit pictures of her on the boy's phone. However, Simon alleges that the boy forced her to have sex several times last year, raping her three times at her apartment and in her car. 

What's more, Simon reported sent the boy text messages saying that she loved him, and lied to her friends about how old he was. She defended her actions, claiming that she only did this to make him happy. 

Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Helen Brinkman dismissed Simon's allegations, telling her that she consented to sex and would have continued the relationship if it weren't exposed. The Daily News adds that the boy told police he stalked Simon and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about their relationship, but then testified that he lied in an attempt to protect her. 

Simon was charged with criminal sexual conduct in the first-degree. A jury is expected to decide her fate in the near future. 

[via New York Daily News]

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