July 20, 2007 - A former student who was abused by Angela Koppes is suing the school board, claiming they knew of the crimes. Koppes is also named in the lawsuit as well as Jonathan Alder High School and the special education program. Several John Does are also included.
Arrested in 2006, Angie Koppes, a former tutor at Jonathan Alder High School, pleaded guilty (in April 2007) to two counts of sexual battery against one of her 17-year-old special education students. She was sentenced to six months in prison.
Bizarrely, in a KBNS-10 news story on her expected arraignment, Koppes approached the boy's mother.
Angela Koppes, the teacher's tutor at Jonathan Alder, approached the mother of the victim indicating that she was in love with her 17-year-old son and that they had been having a sexual relationship," said Lt. Doug Crabbe, Madison County Sheriff's Department.MSNBC also stated that
A special prosecutor is being brought in because Koppes' husband is an official in Madison County.
During the original trial, Koppes' attorney claimed, her Multiple Sclerosis and bipolar disorders were to blame for the crime.
When Koppes is released she will be on probation for five years and will have to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
