A Texas teacher was sentenced to no time behind bars and kept off the sex offender registry despite confessing to having inappropriate sexual relationships with two of her students.
Haeli Wey, a 29-year-old teacher from Austin, was given 10 years of probation and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service after one of her students said the two had sex more than 10 times over the course of a two-month period and another detailed how she seduced him in a public park.
Both of the students were 17 at the time and attended Westlake High School. The two teenagers stated in a 2015 affidavit that they first met Wey through ministry events.
Wey will also get to have the case completely dismissed and expunged from her record in 10 years if she does not violate her probation.
She entered a plea of guilty to two counts of improper relationship with a student back in February, and on Friday District Judge David Wahlberg let her walk free after a sentencing hearing that lasted less than four minutes.
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Out free: Haeli Wey, 29, received no jail time and will not register as a sex offender after pleading guilty to have an improper sexual relationship with two students (above on Friday at her sentencing)
Done: The former Westlake High School teacher received 200 hours of community service and will be on probation for 10 years
Clean slate: She will then have the case dismissed and her record expunged if she does not violate her probation
The Travis County Sheriff's Office was first alerted to Wey's relationship with one of the boys in October of 2015.
A female student who had seen exchanges that were sexual in nature between the victim and Wey alerted school administrators to the communication between the teacher and student.
They in turn contacted authorities, who notified the parents of the victim and asked if they would be willing to let him speak with authorities.
That was when the first student stated that he had been exchanging text and social media messages with Wey, who he had first met that July at a summer camp.
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ShareOne of the exchanges between the pair occurred over Instagram, and confirmed rumors that the victim and Wey had met up with one another after school according to the affidavit.
That encounter last two hours and took place at Commons Ford park the victim told authorities, adding that it was Wey's idea to go to that site.
'The victim said they sat on a hammock for awhile and then began to kiss. Victim said he removed Ms. Wey's shirt and then she took his shirt off,' states the affidavit.
'Victim said Ms. Wey was not wearing a bra and reported they laid down and began to kiss. Victim said he touched and rubbed her breasts during this time.
'Victim said he also touched Ms. Wey's vagina over her clothing. Victim said Ms. Wey did not stop him while he rubbed her vagina over the clothing.'
That is when Wey asked the victim if he expected that the two would have sex according to the affidavit, to which he said that he did since 'a teacher just doesn't hang out with a student to hang out.'
Wey in her 2015 mugshot after her arrest
It appeared that the victim had managed to delete a good portion of the exchanges between himself and the teacher by the time authorities searched his devices, but they did find one conversation in which Wey told the victim: 'Delete your convo from Instagram please and don't let anyone get a hold of ur phone.'
After the first victim spoke with police another came forward, revealing to his parents that he had been having sex with Wey for two months over the summer.
He stated that he ended that sexual relationship once he learned that Wey had been intimate with his friend in a hammock at the park.
The family of the second victim was close to Wey and was so the boy, having also met her over the summer when she accompanied the group on a trip to Africa.
It was while away that the relationship between the two became physical, with the second victim stating in the affidavit they shared their first kiss overseas.
The second victim first had sex with Wey in August he told authorities, after she texted him to come over to her home.
'Victim said they spoke a little while and said Ms. Wey then then escorted him to the bedroom. Once in the bedroom they had sex,' states the affidavit, which also notes that the victim wore a condom.
He also spoke about the last sexual encounter between the two.
'The victim said Ms. Wey had pizza at her home. Victim said they watched a movie and then had sex,' states the affidavit.
Further details about their encounters contained in the affidavit revealed that the two had sex two or three times in a car, once in the parking lot of the same park Wey took her other victim and 'during their sexual encounters Ms. Wey performed oral sex on him and him on her at least two times.'
Nude photos were also sent by Wey to the victim he told authorities.
Moves: A 17-year-old student said that he and Wey had fondled one another in a hammock after she seduced him while hiking in a 2015 affidavit (Wey being booked in 2015 above)
More claims: Soon after a second student said that he and Wey had sex over 10 times in a two-year period
Wey's lawyer said his client was distraught over the death of a teenager at Austin Bible Camp at that time, where she was a counselor
That victim also told authorities that he had informed Wey he was speaking to them, saying she had become 'dramatic' after hearing the news, and repeatedly asked him 'what did you tell them?' and 'why did you tell them?'
Wey has never spoken publicly about her relationship with the two students, but her lawyer said her behavior was the result of a personal tragedy she had suffered at the time.
Larry Sauer, who represented the disgraced teacher, said that while his client accepted full responsibility for her actions, she was distraught at that time having recently witnessed the death of a teenager at Austin Ridge Bible Church, where she worked as a camp counselor over the summer.
The death of that girl occurred in the same month Wey met the two victims. Sauer also made a point of declaring how close Wey was to Sarah Pool, the 15-year-old girl who lost her life in a boating accident.
'That threw her out of balance,' explained Sauer.
He then addressed how his client was accepting responsibility for her actions.
'As a teacher she had a duty to not get involved with students,' said Sauer of Wey, who resigned from her job as soon as she learned that the victims had spoken to authorities.
'Because of circumstances in her life she made poor choices. She feels in a much better place in her life now and will never be in a situation like this again.'
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