42-year-old Coral Lytle, a native of Tulare, CA, has been sentenced to four years in prison for having sex with 14 and 15-year-old boys, according to The Fresno Bee. These boys were also supposedly boyfriends of her daughter’s. Lytle was charged with 21 felony counts which include unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation and contacting a minor for sex. The case did not go to trial nor was a plea deal offered.
Lytle was taken into custody by a Tulare County Sheriff’s deputy as she was placed into handcuffs in court. She was seen crying and so were her friends and family. She didn’t speak at all following the sentencing.
She will now also have to register as a sex offender for life. The victim’s family members were critical of her actions in court as well. One mother released a statement saying “Your name will always be equated with being a sex offender and rapist because that is what now defines you.” A father said that his son was manipulated by Lytle and that his life is changed forever.
The father of one of the boys says that Lytle had a relationship with him through a church youth group. Following this, the dad noticed things such as an injury to his son’s leg that was due to falling out of Lytle’s car.
Inappropriate text messages were also were found. The two teen boys were her daughter’s boyfriends.