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Closing arguments begin in tutor-teen sex trial

Posted at 9:42 AM, Nov 25, 2014
and last updated 2014-11-25 11:27:56-05

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Closing arguments are taking place right now in the trial of Abigail Simon.

Right now, Simon’s defense attorney Michael Manley is delivering his closing arguments to the jury.

Simon, 35, is accused of having sex with a then-15-year-old on multiple occasions. Simon tutored the boy at Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School where she worked and allegedly gave him a key to her apartment. The allegations came to light in April 2013.

During her closing arguments, Kent County assistant prosecutor Helen Brinkman went back through text messages and the taped interview Simon did with a detective when the allegations came to light. Brinkman told the jury to “find her guilty on all counts.”

The defense argues the teen raped the tutor.

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