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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former western Pennsylvania high school rowing coach has been sentenced to eight to 23 months in jail on a conviction of having sex with an 18-year-old student.
Thirty-two-year-old Megan Batykefer of Coraopolis, a former North Allegheny High School coach, was convicted in Allegheny County of institutional sexual assault in August.
Defense attorney Christopher Urbano sought probation, citing his client's cooperation and arguing that the relationship was consensual and didn't begin until after the student had turned 18.
Judge Edward Borkowski declined, saying the law was written to protect students because they lack maturity. He also ordered Batykefer to register as a sex offender for 25 years.
Urbano vowed an appeal, possibly arguing that the institutional sex assault law as applied to school employees and 18-year-old students is unconstitutional.
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