BROOKE: TODAY A FORMER
KETTERING-FAIRMONT SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO
HAVING SEX WITH STUDENTS MADE
A TEARFUL APOLOGY MARK:
MADELINE MARX WAS SENTENCED
THIS AFTERNOON... 2NEWS
REPORTER KRISTEN ESKOW WAS IN
THE COURTROOM.. AND FIRST AT
FOUR-- SHE LEARNED MARX WILL
AVOID PRISON.
KRISTENMARK AND BROOKE - NO
JAIL TIME FOR MADELINE MARX.
DURING SENTENCING TODAY - THE
JUDGE SAID HE BELIEVED MARX
SHOWED GENUINE REMORSE FOR HER
ACTIONS - AND DIDN'T POSE A
THREAT OF COMMITTING ANOTHER
CRIME. THEREFORE - HE SAID HE
BELIEVES IT WOULDN'T MAKE
SENSE TO USE GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES BY PUTTING HER
BEHIND BARS.
KRISTENBEFORE SENTENCING -
JUDGE STEVEN DANKOF SAID HE
RECEIVED 38 LETTERS IN SUPPORT
OF MARX.HE SENTENCED HER TO
FIVE YEARS PROBATION FOR EACH
OF TWO SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES.
THE JUDGE SPOKE ABOUT THREE
VICTIMS INSTEAD OF TWO. THE
PROSECUTION CLARIFIED FOR US
THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THREE
VICTIMS - BUT ONLY TWO CHARGES
WERE APPROVED FOR THIS CASE.
MARX MUST ALSO REGISTER AS A
TIER III SEX OFFENDER - AND
ATTEND SEX OFFENDER AND MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING.SHE IS ALSO
BANNED FROM MAKING CONTACT
WITH ANY OF THE VICTIMS - AND
FROM ENTERING KETTERING CITY
SCHOOLS' FACILITIES. SHE ALSO
CANNOT WORK IN A JOB WHERE SHE
WOULD HAVE CONTACT WITH ANYONE
UNDER AGE 18.MADELINE MARX
GAVE A TEARFUL APOLOGY TO THE
JUDGE.
: "I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW SORRY I
AM FOR WHAT I'VE DONE,
ESPECIALLY TO THE VICTIMS AND
THEIR FAMILIES. I JUST CANNOT
EXPRESS THE REMORSE THAT I
HAVE.": "SHE COOPERATED FULLY
WITH THE AUTHORITIES, NOT
WITHSTANDING THE RISK TO HER.
SHE HAS FROM THE OUTSET
EXPRESSED HER REMORSE. HER
SADNESS, I BELIEVE, AS BEST
I'M ABLE TO TELL, THAT'S
ENTIRELY GENUINE."
KRISTENMARX AND HER FAMILY -
AS WELL AS HER ATTORNEY -
DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH
REPORTERS AFTER THE SENTENCING.
WE SPOKE WITH THE ASSISTANT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ON THIS
CASE. SHE SAYS SHE'S SATISFIED
WITH THE SENTENCE.LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN DAYTON - KRISTEN
ESKOW, 2 NEWS WORKING FOR YOU.
