A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Nov. 14) sentenced Crystal Coleman to seven years in prison in revoking her probation, finding that the Metairie woman violated a court order to have no contact with a teenager with whom she had a relationship last year.
Coleman, 41, pleaded guilty in April to indecent behavior with a juvenile in connection with her relationship with the 15-year-old with whom she had consensual sexual relations that occurred in early 2023. In accepting the plea in April, Judge Nancy Miller of the 24th Judicial District Court suspended a 7-year prison sentence and ordered her to serve three years of active probation.
As part of her guilty plea, Coleman was forbidden from having contact with the teenager. Yet in August, Coleman drove to St. Tammany Parish expecting to see the teenager. The teenager’s father spotted Coleman at an event that his child attended.
That led Coleman’s probation officer to go to court seeking probation revocation. In court Thursday, Coleman’s attorney asked Judge Miller to leave her client on probation, saying she has a daughter.
Judge Miller said she regretted her decision in April by granting Coleman probation. “She put everything on the line to go ahead and violate the protective order,” Miller said in revoking probation.
Coleman also pleaded guilty to violating protective orders involving the same teenager. Those stemmed from contact Coleman had with the teenager after her arrest last year for having the consensual sexual relationship with the teenager. She was found to have communicated with the teenager through social media platforms, despite knowing she was to have no contact with the juvenile.
On Thursday, Judge Miller served Coleman with a protective order, barring her from contacting the teenager until April 2031.
Assistant District Attorney Leo Aaron prosecuted the case.