Despite pleas from family and even her victim, a former Melrose high school volleyball coach convicted of sexual assault will serve three years in prison. 29-year-old Allison Draper was sentenced in Curry County District Court to six years in prison, but with three suspended.
Draper pleaded guilty to four felony counts of sexual assault.
Prosecutors say Draper groomed the then 14-year-old girl for sex acts and presented hundreds of text messages as evidence.
Draper's defense attorney and husband say her behavior was caused by her use of the prescription drug Ambien.
The now 16-year-old victim asked Judge Stephen Quinn to give the mother of three children probation.
But Quinn says Draper breached the trust the community had in her.
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