Sex between a 15-year-old girl and a 37-year-old teacher described as an "affair."
Nov 29 - From the Star-Ledger: Jury hears teary Somerville coach describe affair to cops
After hearing the prosecution describe the relationship between the former Immaculata High School basketball coach and her teenage player as one that turned into an illegal, sexual affair, jurors in the trial heard the coach describe it herself.The student was 15-years-old at the time.
In a nearly two-hour video, a teary Pamela Balogh described the remorse she felt and the connection she had with the teenage girl. It was an interview Balogh gave two female detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, a case that started with an angry e-mail from the girl who detectives said was confused and "screwed up" by her alleged relationship with a woman 22 years her senior.
The defense? "What the trial is about is when did this relationship begin?" the defense attorney said.
TT - Link to Balogh
