High school counselor pleads guilty to multiple sex crimes involving teen she was meant to help

Jessica Patrick Finley, a North Carolina high school counselor and volleyball coach, was sentenced to up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old student she was meant to counsel. She pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges, including statutory sex offenses and indecent liberties with a child, with abuse occurring in her school office and via explicit texts.