43-year-old Emily Nutley battled tears in court while she was to three years in prison for sexual intimacy with a 17-year-old student in Ohio.
Nutley was the director of academic services at a private all-boys high school in Cincinnati, where she worked for 18 years.
The accused said she had already lost her husband, home, and friends over her disgraceful behavior of having sex in her office with her student at their prestigious Jesuit school in Cincinnati, where she was supposed to help the most at-risk students.
The student had come to Nutley for “help and guidance” and got Nutley’s “perverted sexual desires” instead.
“I crossed a line that should never have been crossed,” Nutley said during sentencing at Hamilton County Court.
“I think every day about the impact of my actions. I’ve lost my husband, my home, my friends. I’ve caused harm and embarrassment to my children,” said the mom, whose husband filed for divorce soon after the scandal broke.
Nutley had sex with the student multiple times, including in her office at St. Xavier High School, according to court documents obtained by WLWT.
“When the victim attempted to stop the encounters, Nutley continued to contact the victim via text messages,” the DA said.
She threatened to kill herself if the boy ended the relationship, her victim said, as he described the abuse that took place during the fall 2023 semester.
Nutley’s husband, Jonathan, filed for divorce just weeks after she was fired in October last year when the student came forward.
It emerged in court that Nutley had exchanged nudes with the student and gave him a monthly allowance, as well as answers to an upcoming test.
She “preyed on the most defenseless person she could find,” prosecutors said in pre-sentencing documents seeking at least a five-year prison term.
She was described as a “broken woman” battling mental health and substance abuse issues by a doctor hired by her defense to examine her.
Nutley, however, made clear she did not expect forgiveness. “I have not earned it.”
Her victim had sought a 10-year sentence for his abuser, saying it forever changed his life.
“When the abuse started, I didn’t know I was being taken advantage of,” the victim said in a statement read out in court by Elyse Deters, the assistant prosecutor on the case.
“She would not leave me alone. She told me she would kill herself if I ended it. Even at sporting events, people yell her name at me.”
Nutley had pleaded guilty in April to two counts of sexual battery, each a third-degree felony.
On top of her three-year prison sentence, Nutley was ordered to serve probation for five years following her release.
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