Mom Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Teens After Complaining to Them About Marital Problems in Hot Tub Learns Fate

Mar. 15, 2025

Allison Schardin.Photo:Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

A Minnesota mom has avoided a prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing two 15-year-old boys at a hotel last year.

TheMinnesota Star Tribunereported Monday that Allison Schardin, 39, was sentenced to two weekends in jail and 200 hours of community service for the crimes, which took place last January at a hotel in Roseville, Minn. TheStar Tribunereports that the mother of two met a group of 15-year-old hockey players from Colorado in a hotel hot tub and later abused two of them in their room.

Prosecutors said during Schardin’s trial that she was also staying at the hotel with her husband and two children for an alleged “staycation” the night of the abuse, the paper reported.

TheStar Tribune,CBS Newsand thePioneer Presspreviously reported that, while in the hot tub, Schardin had confided with the boys that she was having marital problems. She later sent a Snapchat message to one of the boys, who were in town for a hockey tournament, saying she got into a fight with her husband and wanted to stay in their room, where she later arrived and began discussing sex.

Allison Schardin.Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

When she was arrested on Feb. 1, 2024, Schardin admitted to having sexual contact with the boys, the outlets reported. After the encounter at the hotel, Schardin also allegedly showed up at one of the boys’ hockey games and texted them when they returned home to Colorado, according to the Pioneer Press.

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On Monday, theStar Tribunereported that prosecutors asked the court to “treat the defendant’s behavior as being no less serious than if the defendant were a man and the victims were girls.”

“If the genders were reversed, there are few who would believe that leniency is appropriate,” prosecutors told the court, according to the newspaper.

“Both victims were initially suspended from their hockey team, though they were later reinstated after they explained what happened,” the prosecutors reportedly said. “That victory was short-lived, however, as team officials then decided to cancel the rest of the season.”

As part of her sentencing, theTribunereports that Schardin must receive mental health treatment and be registered as a sex offender for the next 10 years.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

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source: people.com