Susan Gail Stephens, a former substitute teacher in Tullahoma, was charged with two counts of statutory rape and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with an incident involving a teenage boy that occurred in 2006.
According to court documents, Tullahoma Police had reports in late 2005 and early 2006 that Stephens and her friend had been “hosting parties for high school students” at home in Tullahoma that allowed young boys to consume alcohol and smoke cigarettes.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled recently that Stephens will stand trial on decade-old charges that she had sex with, and provided alcohol to a 17-year-old student.
Stephens had been denied pretrial diversion on three occasions by the Coffee County District Attorney’s Office. She twice appealed those denials to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, and that court sided with her both times.
However, the district attorney’s office continued to reject her request. Following the most recent denial, Stephens appealed the district attorney’s decision to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which ruled against her.
Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcutt said the case will be placed on the Coffee County Circuit Court docket in upcoming weeks.
2006 Case Finally heads to Coffee County Court
