ROAD CLOSURES YOU MAY EXPERIENCE. ANOTHER BIG STORY. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. A FORMER SAINT EX HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ADMITTING TODAY SHE HAD SEX WITH A STUDENT. SO 43 YEAR OLD EMILY NUTLEY PLEADED GUILTY TODAY TO SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES AND THE CONVICTION COULD LAND HER IN PRISON. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S KARIN JOHNSON IS LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP TO EXPLAIN THE CASE. HEY, KARIN. YEAH. HEY, CHRIS. EMILY NUTLEY HAD BEEN FACING SIX COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY, BUT TODAY SHE AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TWO OF THE COUNTS. AND IN EXCHANGE FOR HER ADMITTING HER GUILT, THE REMAINING FOUR CHARGES WERE DROPPED. STATE OF OHIO VERSUS EMILY NUTLEY. EMILY NUTLEY WENT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SERVICES AT SAINT X HIGH SCHOOL TO A CONVICTED FELON NOW FACING PRISON TIME. AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK CAREER? LONG SUCCESSFUL. HER 18 YEAR CAREER CAME TO AN END LAST YEAR AFTER SHE WAS INDICTED ON SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES. DURING HER EMPLOYMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY ON NOVEMBER 19TH AND DECEMBER 8TH OF 2023, SHE ENGAGED IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A STUDENT OF HERS. THE STUDENT WAS A 17 YEAR OLD MALE. TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY, NUTLEY ADMITTED TO THE ACCUSATIONS. DID YOU ENGAGE IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 17 YEAR OLD MALE ON THOSE TWO DATES? YES. EACH OF THOSE ARE A FELONY IN THE THIRD DEGREE. HOW DO YOU PLEAD AS TO THOSE TWO COUNTS? INVESTIGATORS SAY NUTLEY HAD BEEN HELPING THE TEEN WITH SCHOOLWORK, THEN BEGAN HAVING CONTACT WITH HIM OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS. THEY SAY NUTLEY SENT THE TEEN NUDE PHOTOS AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES, THEN BEGAN TO HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEEN, BOTH ON AND OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY. TODAY, JUDGE JENNIFER BRANCH ACCEPTED NUTLEY’S CHANGE OF PLEA AND CONVICTED HER OF THE TWO FELONIES. DO YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER PENALTY I IMPOSE UP TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW? YES, YOUR HONOR. AND NUTLEY WILL BE SENTENCED JUNE 10TH. SHE FACES ANYWHERE FROM PROBATION UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TEN YEARS IN PRISON. SHE WILL ALSO HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.