Abigail Simon is shown in Judge Paul Sullivan's Kent County courtroom where she was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 on three counts of criminal sexual misconduct. She was given the sentence of 8-25 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A tutor at a Grand Rapids Catholic school has received an eight- to 25-year prison sentence for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching.
Kent County Circuit Judge Paul Sullivan sentenced 35-year-old Abigail Simon on Wednesday. A jury on Nov. 26 convicted her of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The Grand Rapids Press posted a video (http://bit.ly/1u80wJ5 ) of Simon telling the judge she's "lost" and "broken" and asking him to let her "go home as soon as possible."
Simon acknowledges having sex with the Catholic Central High School student she was tutoring in 2013 but says he physically mentally intimidated her.
Prosecutors say she sent 1,000 text messages declaring her love for the boy to him and her friends.
The teen says he was a virgin before meeting Simon.
Abigail Simon is helped by deputies after she almost passed out in Judge Paul Sullivan's Kent County courtroom where she was sentenced, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 on three counts of criminal sexual misconduct. She was given the sentence of 8-25 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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Abigail Simon enters Judge Paul Sullivan's Kent County courtroom where she was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 on three counts of criminal sexual misconduct. She was given the sentence of 8-25 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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Abigail Simon is shown in Judge Paul Sullivan's Kent County courtroom where she was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 on three counts of criminal sexual misconduct. She was given the sentence of 8-25 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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Abigail Simon's family is shown in Judge Paul Sullivan's Kent County courtroom where she was sentenced, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 on three counts of criminal sexual misconduct. She was given the sentence of 8-25 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old boy she was teaching. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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