A mother from Minnesota admitted to sexually abusing two boys at a hotel during a hockey tournament. This happened while she was on vacation with her husband and kids.
As reported by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, this confession helped 39-year-old Allison Schardin avoid a long jail sentence. The judge ruled for her to spend only two weekends in jail, with credit for the five days she had already served. Additionally, she was ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and to register as a predatory offender for the next ten years.
The prosecution requested an eight-month jail sentence for Schardin after she pleaded guilty in October to third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
According to prosecutors, she enticed the boys, who were identified as two hockey players from Colorado, into a hotel room by claiming she needed to escape her abusive husband. It was there that she engaged in sexual activities with them.
Schardin “manipulated” the teens by claiming she had an abusive husband from her husband and then “took advantage of them,” prosecutors said.
“Victim 1] said they all started getting nervous and he was shaking on the bench at one point because he wanted to leave what happened the night before in the past and she was trying to follow them, ‘it was really creepy,’” the complaint said.
The incident happened on January 14, 2024, when Schardin approached the victims in a hot tub at a Roseville hotel. She complained about her marriage, which was reportedly ending in divorce, and admitted to cheating on her husband with another hockey player, according to a complaint obtained by CBS News.
Prosecutors said despite the light sentence, the victims experienced significant hardships due to the defendant’s actions.
“They have lost friends, and they have had to endure whispers and harmful comments from others, as if they were the perpetrators,” the prosecutors stated.
“Both victims were initially suspended from their hockey team, though they were later reinstated after they explained what happened. That victory was short-lived, however, as team officials then decided to cancel the rest of the season.”
Her sentencing also banned her from having any contact with the victims.
[Feature Photo via Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office]
