Babysitter, 23, to be jailed after disrobing for 4-year-old boy

[matcom]

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CLEARWATER - A 23-year-old woman's anguished admission that she stripped off her clothes to satisfy a 4-year-old's curiosity, but did so without erotic intent, apparently persuaded jurors not to find her guilty of a sex crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Instead, a four-man, two- woman panel found Sarah Slicker guilty of lewd and lascivious exhibition in front of a child, a less serious crime that could spare the St. Petersburg woman a prison term.

Slicker will be spending time behind bars, however.

Circuit Judge Brandt Downey ordered her jailed pending a Feb. 25 sentencing hearing at which he will decide whether Slicker's crime qualifies for a mandatory 30-month prison term.

If it does not, the judge is free to chose anything from time served up to 15 years.

Testifying in her own defense, Slicker told jurors that the stress of working as a nanny for 60 or more hours a week, caring for children from three different families, caused a lapse in judgment that led her to disrobe at the request of a 4-year-old boy.

``I was exhausted, mentally and physically,'' Slicker said, appearing to stifle a sob.

``I'm not trying to excuse what happened,'' she said. ``I know I shouldn't have been naked on the couch. I'm not disputing that ... I knew afterward it was a terrible thing to have done.''

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[progmom]

1. Oh man. That's just awful.

I honestly don't know how I feel about this.

[chelsea0011]

2. Babysitter? She's way out of line for her actions but

I don't think this is a criminal act.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. The way people are freaking out over EVERYTHING these days....

This was just stupid!!
Duckie

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. Anyone else do a google images search for her name?

Just asking :evilgrin:

[bbernardini]

5. Actually...yes.

As they say on fark.com, "this thread is worthless without pics".

I'm guessing the second photo down is Ms. Slicker:

http://www.ospreydesign.com/foreword/archives/000294.html

Video here:

http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2004/07/040719slicker.shtml