Shelley St.Pierre Dufresne & Rachel Alyse Respess, Destrehan, Louisiana (suspended Sept 2014)

Destrehan teacher sex case remains set for May trial

Former Destrehan High School teacher Shelley Dufresne, accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, appeared in court in Hahnville on Wednesday (Feb. 18) for a status hearing on her case. Her trial is scheduled May 20. Prosecutor Julie Cullen and Dufresne's attorney, Deanne Williams of Luling, met privately with Judge Anne Simon at 29th Judicial District Court, for more than 30 minutes before they set another hearing for April in open court.

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Destrehan teacher accused of threesome with student ‘didn’t have consensual sex’

WGNO Anchor Jacki Jing spoke with Smith, first saying, “Your client is facing some serious accusations about group sex with a sixteen year old, what do you have to say to that.”

“She’s not guilty, because the law says in order to have sex with any one it has to be consensual,” Smith responded.

“Are you insinuating that she didn’t have sex with him?” Jing asked.

“I said that there was no consensual sex,” said Smith.

“Can you elaborate on that, what do you mean? ” said Jing.

“Read between the lines,” said Smith.

“Are you insinuating that she was raped or forced into something?” said Jing.

“We could go about this — but in order for a woman — thank God — in this day in age, to have sex with someone that’s perfectly legit she has to know exactly that she’s consenting and wants to have sex and as you know we have cases all over the press now about young girls who don’t seem to realize what happened to them, that’s all I am saying,” said Smith.​

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Shelley Dufresne, teacher in Destrehan High sex case, due back in Jefferson Parish court in May

As former Destrehan High School teacher Shelley Dufrense awaits her trial in St. Charles Parish, where she's accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, she must wait longer to learn whether she faces a similar charge in Jefferson Parish. The Jefferson district attorney's office has made no decision on whether or when it will charge Dufresne for allegedly having sex with the same teenager in Kenner. That was the word from the 24th Judicial District Court, where Dufresne had a status hearing on the case Wednesday morning (March 11). A new hearing was set for May 8.

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Slap on the wrist from one county ...

Destrehan High teacher Shelley Dufresne admits sex with student

Former Destrehan High School teacher Shelley Dufresne pleaded guilty to obscenity Thursday (April 9), admitting in court that she had sex with a 16-year-old student. The plea lets her and the student avoid a public trial, and allows her to bypass registering as a sex offender and serving three years in prison. She must spend 90 days at an inpatient mental health facility, serve three years of active probation and pay a $1,000 fine. If she fails to complete the court-approved mental health program by the end of August, she must report to the St. Charles Parish jail Sept. 1 to serve any days for which she has not received credit, Judge Anne Simon said during the plea hearing at the Hahnville courthouse. Dufresne also agreed to surrender her teaching license.

... Simon deferred a 3-year prison sentence on the carnal knowledge charge. ​

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Destrehan High School teacher accused of having sex with 16-year-old accepts plea deal

Shelley Dufresne, one of two former Destrehan High School teachers accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, has agreed to a plea deal in St. Charles Parish that will allow her to avoid any prison time or having to register as a sex offender, at least for now. She still faces charges in Jefferson Parish.

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Former Destrehan teacher Shelley Dufresne admits to sexual relationship with student

[Shelley] Dufresne avoids a three-year prison sentence with her plea, but will be required to undergo a 90-day inpatient mental health treatment in lieu of a 90-day parish prison sentence ... As part of the plea agreement, Dufresne will surrender her teaching license and cannot have any contact with the victim or his family. The carnal knowledge of a juvenile charge will be held open until she completes the terms of her probation on the obscenity charge. Afterward, prosecutors will dismiss the carnal knowledge charge, according to the plea deal.

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Plea allows teacher to avoid prison, sex-offender registry

One of two former Destrehan High School teachers accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, has agreed to a plea deal in St. Charles Parish that will allow her to avoid prison time or having to register as a sex offender. The deal was announced in Hahnville at a Thursday hearing in the case of 32-year-old Shelley Dufresne. The deal avoids a May 20 trial. The New Orleans Advocate reports Dufresne pleaded guilty to one felony count of obscenity. She received a $1,000 fine but a three-year prison sentence was deferred on the condition that she complete 90 days ...

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Plea Allows Teacher to Avoid Prison, Sex-Offender Registry

The New Orleans Advocate reports that [Shelley] Dufresne pleaded guilty to one felony count of obscenity. She received a $1,000 fine, but a three-year prison sentence was deferred on the condition that she complete 90 days of mental health treatment. She and another former teacher at the school have been arrested, but not yet formally charged, in a Jefferson Parish case involving the same student.

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Plea allows teacher to avoid prison, sex-offender registry

She and another former teacher at the school have been arrested, but not yet formally charged, in a Jefferson Parish case involving the same student.

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Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student And Fellow Instructor Takes Plea Deal

She and another former teacher at the school have been arrested, but not yet formally charged, in a Jefferson Parish case involving the same student.

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Former Destrehan High School teacher pleads guilty to having sex with student

[Shelley] Dufresne was originally charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile, a charge that carries a potential 10-year jail sentence and mandatory registration as a sex offender. By accepting the plea deal, Dufresne was sentenced by Judge Anne Simon to three years in prison which was deferred, a three years active probation, and she must pay a $1000 fine. As part of her probation, Dufresne agreed to not contact the victim or his family, give up her teaching license, and to enter into a 90 day inpatient facility for mental health treatment. If Dufresne fails to complete her probation, she ...

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Married mother-of-three teacher pleads guilty to having sex with her student, 16, in bid to avoid prison (but she could still be locked up for a threesome she had with another ...

• Shelley Dufresne was arrested in September when a student at the high school she taught at started bragging about sleeping with two teachers
• It was later revealed that the 16-year-old had sex with both Dufresne and his former English teacher, 24-year-old Rachel Respess
• Dufresne, 32, pleaded not guilty to charges in November, but changed course on Thursday when she admitted having sex with the teen
• In a forgiving plea deal, Dufresne will only have to attend a 90-day therapy program, stay away from the victim and turn in her teacher's license
• In exchange, the charge of carnal knowledge of a child will be dropped after her probation and she won't have to register as a sex offender
• However, Dufresne is still awaiting an arraignment on charges for having a threesome with the same student and Respess in a different parish

A 32-year-old English teacher admitted in court Thursday that she had sex with a 16-year-old student, in a forgiving plea deal that gets her out of serving any prison time or having to register as a sex offender. Former Destrehan High School teacher Shelley Dufresne was arrested in September after the teen in question started bragging to friends at the St Charles Parish, Louisiana school that he had slept with two teachers. An investigation later revealed that the unidentified teen had sex with both his current English teacher at the time, Dufresne, and his English teacher from the prior year, ...

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Destrehan High School teacher sex case: What's ahead for Shelley Dufresne and Rachel Respess

Here's what happens next:​

• Waiting on the DA -- The Jefferson Parish district attorney's office has not yet decided whether to charge either woman in the Kenner case. Police booked them with carnal knowledge of a juvenile, indecent behavior with a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Respess' attorney, Jeffrey Smith, maintains she is innocent of having "consensual sex" with the student: "You don't have to say no to mean no if you're not able to give true consent. My position on that one night is, Rachel Respess did not have consensual sex with this young man."
• Respess in court -- Respess' next scheduled court date is a status hearing April 30. She is not required to attend.
• Dufresne in court -- Dufresne's next scheduled court date on the Kenner case is a May 8 status hearing. She is not required to attend. Her attorney on this case, Jim Williams, would not comment Thursday on her guilty plea in St. Charles Parish.

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Teacher who had threesome with boy accepts plea deal to avoid prison

The New Orleans Advocate reports that [Shelley] Dufresne pleaded guilty to one felony count of obscenity. Authorities say Dufresne and the male student had sex between Aug. 22 and Sept. 27 at a home in Montz. She received a $1,000 fine, but a three-year prison sentence was deferred on the condition that she complete 90 days of mental health treatment. She and another former teacher, Rachel Respess, have been arrested, but the latter has yet to be formally charged, in a Jefferson Parish case involving the same student.

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