INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Now 20 years old and 10 weeks pregnant, Kaitlyn Hunt, the former Sebastian River High School student who had a sexual relationship with an underage schoolmate, successfully petitioned the court to convert what would be her second year of community control to probation.
A court order issued this week went Hunt’s way, giving her probation for year two of her three-year plea deal.
Vero Beach attorney A. Julia Graves filed a one page motion last week seeking the conversion of Hunt’s community control to probation, noting that her first year of control will not be complete until Friday, Dec. 19.
Hunt will be placed on probation effective Dec. 20.
The request was filed early, according to Graves’s motion, because court is not being held for these two weeks due to the Christmas holiday.
Hunt will still have to report to a probation officer and be otherwise monitored but the level of supervision will not be as strict as it has been under community control.
In 2013, Hunt pled no contest to two misdemeanor charges of battery, two counts of interference with child custody and one count of contributing to the dependency of a child.
Published Dec. 11, 9:06 p.m.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The mother of Kaitlyn Hunt, who is on community control following a plea deal in her case of having sex with an underage student at Sebastian River High School last year, has released a statement about their family’s plan to seek probation in place of her second year of court-mandated community control.
In the statement, Kelley Smith writes that her daughter is now 10 weeks pregnant with her partner, who is not the former underage girlfriend, and they wish to move to another, undisclosed Florida county and move forward with their lives.
The following is the full statement Smith shared with VeroNews.com via Facebook:
“The last year has not been an easy one. Kate has gone through many struggles and emotional ups and downs. She fully intended to reclaim her life, and fight through the traumatic, life changing experience of last year.
“She has had time to reflect and begin to put the pieces of her young life back together. Kate has maintained full time college, the medical assisting and phlebotomy course, as well as work two jobs. She has had zero issues and got great remarks from both her probation officers, who said she did very well on her year of community control.
“Kate was able to film for an upcoming show on MTV called One Bad Choice to raise awareness of her situation, and for other high school kids that date and have relationships within high school once they turn 18. Kate has worked hard to keep herself out of the spotlight, and focus on her own personal growth and development.
“Kate has built her relationship with Latasha, they are now engaged and expecting their 1st child. They had a donor, and Kate is now 10 weeks pregnant. They couldn’t be (more) happy and ready to move on to the next chapter of their life.
“(Attorney) Julia Graves has requested, per Kate’s plea deal, that because Kate has maintained her 1st year of community control with no issues, and has done all that the courts have asked, that her 2nd year of community control be converted to regular probation. Julia will be requesting they are able to move out of Indian River County, to an undisclosed county in Florida, where they hope to continue moving forward and let this experience be but a memory.
“The state attorney has no objection to this, and we are just awaiting the (parents of Hunt’s then-14-year-old former girlfriend) decision to object or not. We are hoping they will not object since Kate has done all that’s required. If they do object, we will take it before the judge and plead our case. I hope that everyone involved is ready to put this case to rest and move forward with no more issues.
“Thank you, Kelley Smith”
Dec. 11, 7:13 p.m.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The teen who was accused of having sex with an underaged student at Sebastian River High School is petitioning the court to convert her second year of community control to probation, according to papers filed in court.
Kaitlyn Hunt, now-20, was released from county jail on Dec. 20, 2013, following a plea deal she reached with the State Attorney’s Office. Per that plea deal, Hunt is to serve two years of strict community control, one of which she is about to complete, and another year of probation.
If her community control were to be converted to probation, she would still have to report to a probation officer and be otherwise monitored but the level of supervision would not be as strict as it has been under community control.
When Judge Robert Pegg can expect to rule on Hunt’s petition, filed by her attorney A. Julia Graves, has not yet been determined.