Rebecca Noonan, a former soccer coach for Champlin Park High School, has pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old boy, although she claims not be responsible due to being under the influence.
Noonan, 33, of Minneapolis, pled guilty last week to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct after having sex with the boy in his Ramsey, Minnesota home in 2014 while his mother was away.
However, in her guilty plea, Noonan agreed in filled out a court questionnaire stating that she “was so drunk or so under the influence of drugs or medicine that I did not know what I was doing at the time of the crime.”
Via Star Tribune:
Noonan’s acknowledgment came in what is called a Norgaard plea, which defendants make when contending that intoxication or amnesia prevents them from recalling what they are alleged to have done.
Her plea deal also allows for what is called a “stay of adjudication,” meaning that Noonan’s case will be dismissed if she meets all requirements demanded of her after sentencing. Currently, the court has ordered that Noonan undergo a psychosexual evaluation ahead of sentencing in April.