Thursday, September 3, 2009

VT Teen Sentenced to Jail for Sexting VO

Sexting has made its way to Vermont, and a teen faces jail for doing it.

Sexting is when a person sends pics of him or herself or another person performing sex acts. Isaac Owusu, a former South Burlington High Schooler pleaded guilty to sexual assault for directing two teen girls to video or take pictures of themselves performing sex acts on themselves. They were Owusu then told them to send the pictures to him. He pleaded guilty to three related charges and will spend three months in jail, but could have been sentenced to two years and the sexual assault charges were dropped in favor of lesser charges with the plea agreement.