What to Know
- An ex-Rutgers professor whose conviction for sexually assaulting a disabled man was overturned has pleaded guilty
- Anna Stubblefield pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual contact Monday as part of a deal with Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey
- Stubblefield had testified at trial that she and the man, who has cerebral palsy and couldn't speak, were in love
A former Rutgers University professor whose conviction for sexually assaulting a disabled man was overturned has pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual contact.
Anna Stubblefield entered her plea Monday as part of a deal with Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey. They will recommend she receive a four-year prison term when she's sentenced May 7.
Stubblefield had testified at trial that she and the man were in love. He has cerebral palsy and can't speak, but Stubblefield said he consented to the relationship by communicating on a keyboard.
Prosecutors said Stubblefield used her position to take advantage of the then-29-year-old man.
Stubblefield was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to 12 years in prison. But an appeals court ruled last July that she should get a new trial with a new judge.
