A male coach at a school in the same Washington County was slapped with the most severe charges when he was accused of having sex with an underage girl. But shortly after claiming that a female teacher, Michele Taylor, would face similar charges for a similar complaint, prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the most serious of the charges against her . . . and have been unable or unwilling to explain their actions. You don't think there's a double standard when it comes to hot female teachers, do you?
No telling why teacher's sex charge reduced | Yakima Herald-Republic OnlineAn East Valley High School teacher has pleaded not guilty to sex charges involving a student; however, a charge of sexual misconduct has been mysteriously reduced from what prosecutors initially said they had filed. The attorney for Michele Taylor, 31, entered the written plea on her behalf to second-degree sexual misconduct, as well as to two counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. The court filing requested a jury trial.
Last week, the deputy prosecutor handling the case told reporters he had charged Taylor with first-degree sexual misconduct -- a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Earlier this week, deputy prosecutor Sam Chen said he didn't know why the charges filed in Yakima County Superior Court were actually for second-degree sexual misconduct -- a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.
Interviewed Monday, Chen reiterated that the charge was supposed to be in the first-degree and that he would look into the discrepancy. Since that time, however, both he and county Prosecutor Jim Hagarty have repeatedly failed to return messages left by phone,
e-mails and in person at their offices. A first-degree charge is an accusation of sexual intercourse with a minor; a second-degree charge merely means sexual contact.
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