Law&Crime Sidebar - Florida Dad Catches Wife Having Sex with Son: 'What the F*** is Going On?'

Episode Date: October 2, 2025

Newly released audio and interviews shed light on the shocking case of Alexis Von Yates, a Florida nurse who entered a guilty plea to sexually abusing her 15-year-old stepson. Law&Crime��s Jesse Weber examines the case through newly released body camera video and interview tapes, including the father's evolving statements and the legal fallout that led to Yates's conviction and the suspension of her nursing license.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW:If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. To start your claim, visit: https://forthepeople.com/LCSidebarHOST:Jesse Weber: https://twitter.com/jessecordweberLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokeVideo Editing - Michael Deininger, Christina O'Shea, Alex Ciccarone, & Jay CruzScript Writing & Producing - Savannah Williamson & Juliana BattagliaGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. It's very accusative and very damning to me to a point that I don't want to talk to anybody and I need a lawyer. That is Alexis von Yates, the Florida nurse who sexually abused her 15-year-old stepson. Well, now newly released audio gives us a firsthand look at the tense moments when Deputy. arrested her and interviews with the boy's father provide details about what he walked in on. We are revisiting this case with some contacts that the public has never heard before. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by law and crime. I'm Jesse Weber.

Gotta talk about this new audio that has come out in a case that we have been following very closely here on Sidebar. And what a case it is. A stepmother who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing her 15-year-old stepson. And what is this new audio? In these recordings, the boy's father describes walking in on a scene that he says left him shocked and left all of us shocked, and deputy's body cam also captures the very moment that the defendant here, Alexis von Yates, was arrested. So here's the story. Alexis von Yates, a 35-year-old registered nurse, was accused of sexual abuse involving her teenage stepson. during the summer of 2024. Following an investigation in multiple interviews, she was arrested

and she later faced court proceedings. This new audio does something different. It gives us a firsthand look at this father's account and again, the tense moments of her arrest. We haven't seen, we haven't heard this before. So to give you the full picture, let's just take a quick step back. We're going to recap the case from the beginning. This case starts off in the summer of 2024 in Cala, Florida. At the center of it all is Alexis Yates, also known as Alexis von Yates. She was married. She had two young children of her own, and she was a stepmother to a 15-year-old boy. That teen came down from Washington, D.C. to stay with his dad, Alexis and his half-siblings for the summer break last year. And then, according to an arrest affidavit, something truly

unthinkable happened. On July 30th, 2024, the Marion County Sheriff's Office got an anonymous tip. A man had allegedly walked in on his own wife, Alexis, and his son, her 15-year-old stepson, having sex. Can you imagine what that must have been like? But when investigators showed up to question Alexis's husband about that shocking allegation, he denied it. Yeah, the body cam footage captured this exchange. We received a report that something happened when, when was at your house between on the twillocks between and your wife and that you allegedly walked in on them okay so our report came in sexual battery that you walked in with

them in the middle of sexual acts? No, that is 100% loss. Okay. So, I know these are a very messed up kid. I really haven't been apart in his life for very long, but if there's anything like this, I'll probably should... I don't know. Yeah.

So right now, that's the only information we have. You know, we don't have any anything coming direct. coming directly from him per se but it did mention that you walked in on them okay I don't know I don't know is there anyone I can know who said that or anonymous yeah it's anonymous we don't even know the call came in through a line called crime stoppers which is like for anonymous tips we honestly assumed you made the report or something along those lines, but we don't have any other information other than like she was saying, that that's what the report said.

Which is why we're actually at your house right now. You used to live at the... Yes, sir. We're, me and the CPI are currently sitting in your driveway right now, actually. We were coming to come to talk to you and talk to... But you don't know anything about it. anything like this. Now, we wanted to bring this case to you. And the reason that we can do that is because of the support that we get from Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm, our sponsor. This is a firm with over 1,000 attorneys. You know why they're so big? Because

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the link below or scanning the QR code on screen. prior to this? No, no. Okay, so this is all brand new. So there's nothing prior that he mentioned? No. Okay. Okay.

But you're thinking it might have come from? I really honestly have no idea who would have. Okay. You know, it's a really bizarre. bizarre, embarrassing that I don't even entertain. What accusations

make? I'm not sure. I would probably get a lawyer before I said anything else. Well, you're not under investigation right now. No one's really under investigation. It's just a matter of

this report came in and at this point, it's an ominous report that's going to have to get seen regardless to speak to him. and then once that's done it's a matter of either

determining whether the claims are founded or unfounded and from what you're saying it's more than likely unfounded right I mean if you don't want to tell me you don't want to tell me but it go a long ways as far as helping

us figure out if we can write down what told you and then we can go to it says oh I didn't make that report or something gives us verbatim what you're telling me he told you we can kind of rule it out and kind of say okay we probably made this report if you know what i mean right yeah i understand that i'm just in here thinking of myself kind of freaking i're just raised a little bit but i'm just i can take the implications i can

come up this uh you know i don't want to i don't believe that anything happens okay The key factor is, is it mentioned that you walked in on them when they were on the couch. No, I did not see any type of physical action whatsoever. So as you just heard, Mr. Yates flatly denied the allegation, calling it 100% false, described his son as troubled with a history of making up, quote, crazy stuff. But the thing is, detectives would later reach out to Yates again after his wife's arrest. And we're going to get to that in a minute. But when investigators first spoke with the teen, what he revealed was chilling.

He said his father worked nights as a lineman. So while his dad was gone, Alexis put the younger kids to bed. Then she and this teen would stay up. They would play video games. They would watch a movie and even use her THC vape pen. So at around 1 a.m., the teen said that Alexis started making inappropriate sexual comments, allegedly telling him she was horny, that she had a little. had sex in two weeks. He told investigators she'd been making sexual jokes in front of him

for about a week already, and he admitted he was infatuated with her. From the affidavit, quote, thinking about all the statements the suspect had made to him about being horny, he decided to ask her if she wanted to cuddle. The suspect stated she thought that might be weird. He lay on top of the suspect as she lay with her head down the armrest of the couch, and she commented something to the effect of, oh, you're just going right for it, huh? The affidavit continues, the suspect and child victim kissed. As the suspect began escalating, the suspect said, oh, man, I wish you were 18 because you're not old enough.

Now, despite that statement, the boy said things quickly escalated into sexual acts, including intercourse. And then it all blew up. The affidavit says, suddenly the door began to unlock. The front door is directly in front of the couch. The child victim recalled running to the bathroom as his father, entered the home, seeing his wife with no bra on and a blanket covering the lower half of her body. The child victim's father saw the child victim running to the bathroom and

yelled what the bleep is going on as he threw things. The boy said his father yelled at him and his wife ordered his son to pack up and drove him to his grandparents home. On the way, he bought beer and according to the affidavit told his son he had ruined his life and never to contact him again. But what happened next made things work. The affidavit says the teen tried to tell his cousin and his mother about this abuse, but instead, multiple family members allegedly discouraged him. His grandfather allegedly said, you better not be telling them what happened. The boy told investigators, I realized that my man's man, blue collar father, seeing what happened

to his son, did not face the sexual abuse of his child like a man. According to the affidavit, Alexis even called the boy after this incident and told him, She wished his father hadn't caught them. So then you go to November of 2024, and that's when deputies arrested her. When confronted, she refused to talk without a lawyer, but then made unprovoked statements like this one, included in the affidavit. Since the Department of Children and Families had closed their case, she was in the clear, saying the incident was so accusatory attempting to put blame on the child victim.

So deputies, they arrive at Alexis's home on November 6, 2024. And what followed was incredibly tense from her initial confusion to immediately bringing up her lawyer and then to outright refusing to answer questions. And their body cams captured the audio of that exchange. Yeah, hey, I'm Detective Austin at the sheriff's office. Are you Alexis? Yes. I was hoping to speak with you.

Okay. If you have a moment, are you able to come speak with me? Oh, my kids leaving. I just got woke up and I got to take him to school like in a little while. What's this about? Is your husband here? He works out of town. Oh, is he out of town right now?

Yeah. Shoot. Why, what's going on? Yeah, I'm not quite exactly sure, you know, all the details right now, but there was something I was hoping to speak with you about. Is someone able to watch the kids maybe about we talk? Not really. I had my mom watch the kids like Monday, Tuesdays,

and I just got off work. I'm a nurse, so I just got off work. like last night, so I just was getting my sleep. Is this have to do with, I already have a lawyer. Is this about, um, yeah, it has to do with that. I think everybody deserves to give their side of things. Okay.

And then that's what I was hoping to speak with you found. I really, I don't, it's very accusative and very damning to me to a point that I don't want to talk to anybody and I need a lawyer. and I already have, I could give her your number. I have already... So you don't want to talk to me about it? I don't want to talk to anybody about it. This deputy's going to place an under arrest

for losing the Sybius battery. We'll figure out some with the kids, okay? And I'll be right back, okay? Morning man, my name is David Chiggy, and Mary God. Do you have someone that can watch her, but... Can I talk to you? This is just... You definitely can talk with me, but...

But you are going to arrest me today? As of, if, you know, you don't want to talk to me, I get that. But with the amount of information I have, that's... I have, can I please? So, I have quite a few conversations with different people. I have quite a few phone calls that have been recorded. Nobody was here at all. It was me watching our kids and a child made words to me.

There was something you said there. I want to be sure, okay, because if you don't want to talk to me without a lawyer, I respect that. But you just told me that you don't want to talk to me that lawyer, and now you're... Because it's so, this is just so disruptive to my everyday life, all the way down to my children. I don't want to leave my children. Absolutely. And I'm not here because I think you're a rapist. If I thought you're a rapist, I put a warrant out for it, and I wouldn't try to talk to you about it, right? but I have to be really clear before we go any further

because you have said you really don't want to talk to you without a lawyer I don't I just think it's just so but what is going on here is just so out of it's just so bizarre to me I can't even that's why I really wanted to hear your side of things but unfortunately we can't be getting the lawyer out here right now so I'm not talking to talk to you about it if you don't need to talk to you if you do have that right

so in order to talk to you about it I have to talk to you without my lawyer. No. We're just not going to talk about it because you said you'd rather have your lawyer present. And I respect that. So what do we do now then? We're going to figure out someone that can come watch your kids, but you are going to be placed under arrest right now. So after she's placed in handcuffs, Yates began to insist that she had already been cleared of what she was being accused of, which was mentioned in the affidavit.

and expressing concern over her other young son seeing her in handcuffs. Can I just ask you what is going to happen now? Because at this point, I truly thought DCF came here and they went through everything with me. And I, at that time, it was just so embarrassing and unbelievable what was going on. And then I received a letter and they were saying, we are done with your case, you know, we could rest easy. and I know that those Let's seen. Give me a moment.

I'm going to bring the vehicle closer so you're not seen by any day. Thank you. I just, I feel like I'm going to throw up at any moment. Yeah, I think you have ever right to be frustrated? I'm not frustrated.

There's a lot of things. I'm just, I'm honestly, it's truly unbelievable. I don't know, there's frustration is one with this, with the kid. What has been said? I just can't believe the amount of disadvantage that has been. But what I'm saying is, so I know you guys are different departments.

Yeah, they're not law enforcement. They're just a civil entity that has to deal with children and families and elderly. Okay. And so what we are as a law enforcement agency, so completely different roles. So their role would be to determine, you know, and again, this is just speaking not about your case, this is speaking generally about just how we work their role is to determine if there's dangers to children

immediately present, see if there's action that has to be taken and then to occasionally offer services and then law enforcement we investigate if there's violations of statutes. So it's a completely different thing, though. We do often work hand in hand.

I can understand why that would be a little confused. Again, I want to respect your right and I don't want to talk to you more about this. You keep trying to talk with me about it. I'm not trying to be rude. I just really am trying to respect you. That's all I'm trying to do. I know that this whole process just feels disrespectful, just in general.

Being arrested, not being free to leave, being taken somewhere you didn't want to go, having to have someone come here. But it's a process we have to go through. It's not like, you know, everyone wants to. You know, everyone wants to be, you know, dragging everybody through all this. It just, it's the process. So I appreciate your patience in the meantime. We can get her back for now, and then... Wait on, Carmen in the moment.

Okay, and then his kiddo is sleep in there? Are they going to be all right for now? Is he going to be all right for now? I don't know. He likes to... He might even be up looking for me in the house. How old is he? He's almost four.

He's three. And the last thing I want for him to see is mom in handcuffs. That's what I'm saying. So let's get you in the back of the car. It'll probably be okay for five minutes or so, right? I can't just stand here until my mom gets you can. I just don't want him to see. I guess you can just hang out like that. I think me here is better than me in a car. I don't know. The whole thing is just unbelievable. I just, I don't know what to say. I can't. All we can do is take it one step at a time. Um, you know, I, uh, I don't want to be. I, uh, I don't want to be able to. I, I, uh, I don't want to make this any more difficult for you than it has to be right so now as i mentioned earlier

detectives speak with the child's father a second time again to better understand what it happened that night and this is what he told them well this is frank hey mr eight this is detective austen the sheriff's office how you doing i'm doing good how are you good hey sorry to bother you do you have a moment to talk um so i've talked to quite a few people um i think i think you probably know what I'm calling about. Yes, sir. It's my understanding that you, you know,

though you weren't wanting to talk about it at the time that the Department of Children's Families came by, you were willing to talk about the incident. Should your son go on record about it? He's gone on record in some detail. I mean, I was really hoping that I could,

no matter how painful, you know, or difficult to just talk about, I was wondering if I could speak with you about what happened that night. So, as far as right now, is that, like, something that's, like, an official or on-the-record-type thing? What do you mean? Oh, no, I'm not going to, like, swear you in in front of me or anything. I did want to talk about what happened, though. Right, but, I mean, is it, like, a recorded statement, or?

I would be documented. what you said for sure. Right, right. Yeah, sorry, I missed your call. I didn't know. I worked a night shift last night. I'm out of town. I was sleeping on my phone on airplane mode.

Great idea. Obviously, woke up to a bunch of crazy stuff. So, yeah, obviously there's, like, some serious implications to this. Yeah. I'm not sure what to say, really. I mean, all you can say is the truth. I think that is the most important thing. Right.

I mean, what happened the last night that your son was in your home? So, basically, I came home after working a night shift, and I marked in and seen someone in a compromising position and I did a thing like

you know definitive I guess you could say and she has her story and yeah I can't really say it's just going off of what she said she said

kind of stuff, so. Did she have clothes on? At the time, no. Okay. Was he in the room when you walked in? Yes. Did he have clothes on? Yes.

Fully clothed, or? You know, half and rolling quick. I wasn't really, obviously, you don't expect to come home to anything like that. Absolutely. No. And I understand for so many reasons why this is such an uncomfortable conversation. The last thing I want to do is, you know, make people uncomfortable.

But unfortunately in situations like this, it's really important. Right. And I don't need to tell you that. I know you're a grown man. You understand that. And so even though this time the father revealed that he did in fact witness something, he kind of keeps his statements vague, remaining seemingly cautious. He has a lawyer and, you know, I was fully aware of the accusations and whatnot, so I don't

know if you can tell me anything as far as what's going on, or... I certainly can tell you a little bit, but I want to make sure I understand. I mean, what is her story that she told you? basically that she had was in a towel went out to the living room to get her phone late at night and he had like ripped a towel off of her and that's when I had came inside calling that small window there I guess you could say

okay that's my understanding she told some other people a different story. Do you know anything about maybe other statements she would have made? No, sir. I do not. Okay. Do you have... The biggest thing is if something is to...

Basically, I don't want to be in a situation where I'm being... I don't know what you would say, accused, or... I have two small kids, I'm sure you know. If something was to happen to her, I don't, you know, I would be the only parent. I'm just, I don't want to, obviously, be, have myself in any type of trouble.

I did nothing wrong, but I don't. Yeah, I, so I'm not investigating you for a crime. I just, I know, but as far as, like, not saying something or I don't know how this all works or anything like that. If it turns out that, you know, I get down the road and I find out that you've, you know, point-blank, you know, intimidated him to not press charges or anything like that, that would be an issue, right? But as far as you're not telling me what happened, I mean, though, or at least not wanting to tell me, you know, everything in full detail, I find that a little concerning. but it's not necessarily against the law. I think what's most important for everybody would be to just tell the truth,

the full truth from the beginning. You know, obviously I don't get to the point I'm at without a little bit of evidence. Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure. And so I just really wanted to you know hear what you had to say because I have you know a couple conversations where people have told me that you told them that you would be willing to tell the full story you know and everything you know right you know and that's that's the thing

too is I basically told you the full story you know as far as what I physically saw but uh it's my understanding there was a little bit more of a conversation that occurred between the two of you that night um where she she told you a little bit a little bit more than that as far as alexis telling me something yes during the argument that ensued when you got home right um and that was basically me asking what the hell is going on and uh you know that like i said going back in forces like he said she said stuff um so she didn't apologize you know who do you believe at that point i guess so she didn't apologize to you and make statements along the lines of um you know that she was sorry and that he looks like you

oh god uh it's just like public record or In cases where investigations of sexual, you know, unlawful sexual activity with minors, there's laws protecting, you know, their information from being public record. I mean, as far as, like, statements go. As far as, as far as, yeah, their information, you know, being involved. And where he's directly involved at the incident, that would be, um, you know, not public record. After learning more information, the detective pressed him to provide a full statement,

asking about not just what he witnessed, but why he had it reported it. I'm not here to embarrass you. I'm not, I think, I think that I can understand why you have cognitive dissonance about this, why losing her would represent a major upset in your life. Not just as far as, like, your emotions, but, you know, the kids and everything that represents, but... Exactly, and that's the big thing right there. I mean, that's, you know, the consequences that's going to have for my small, you know, children. So, and that's basically, you know, where I have been with this whole situation.

Well, can you at least answer that for me? Did she make statements to that effect? Man, I really think maybe I should speak with a lawyer or something. Okay. I mean, you can if you want, but I get the feeling the answer is yes, if you're not telling me no. I just, you know, I'm here to try to make sure that. The truth is what's recorded.

I'm not here to humiliate anybody. That's not my intention. I'm not here to ridicule anyone when she was arrested this morning. She was treated with, you know, all the respect we could give. You know, she wasn't, you know, treated poorly or anything like that. And I don't think going forward that's how it'll be. um but um i really would like um your full statement because you are not implicated in a crime you are just essentially not giving me your witness statement of what you witnessed

um which when it comes to the sexual abuse of a child is obviously concerned right um would you be willing to answer that question for me uh you know at the time that everything was going on that was like so late at night stuff like that i don't really recall that uh a specific statement like that being made based off of the way you're you're kind of answered me, I think you do recall what was said, but I think you don't want to tell me. And I'm not meaning to be super confrontational about it. I just, you know, I've been doing this a long time. No, I know. I respect you. I really do. I just, you know, I'm, yeah, I mean, I'm not sure what to do. And the implications of all this, I'm not sure if I should contact a lawyer

and talk with them before I say anything because now I'm getting a feeling that I, the me person who's done nothing wrong is going to be, I don't know, what could go wrong here. Well, I mean, I'm not, like I said, I'm not implicating you in any, any crime. I just, you know, there were statements made to me like that you had perhaps put in an anonymous tip about this. Is that true? No, I did not. You did not? No, sir.

Why did you not report what you saw? Like I said, it was like, who do you believe at that point? Yes, but there were more statements she made to you than the ones, than the one that you told me. It's less a question of, did it happen? And it's more a question of who egged it on. Right. Because whether or not it happened is not really in question at this point.

Okay. So, you know, that's why it'd be really important to help me understand where everybody's head was at the time that this occurred. But, you know, if you're not wanting to really answer my question. right now, that's, you know, not ideal, but it's okay, right? You have, you have, you know, freedom of speech as far as me calling you on the phone right now. And I'm not here trying to ruin your day. I'm just here trying to help your son, who has, you know, nobody really advocating for him. And that's kind of a tough thing to see. But if you change your mind. You'd like to give me a more complete statement. You're more than welcome to. You have

my number, okay? Okay. Well, thank you very much. Yep. And again, I don't want to have ruined your day. Please don't let me have ruined your day. I hope you have a good day. And thank you for the work that you do. Yes, sir. Thank you. All right. Yep. Bye-bye. Now, detectives end up speaking with the father again on December 3rd, 2024. And this time, he spoke much more openly. He first described the unsettling events leading up to the night that he came home, recalling how Alexis went from having a negative attitude toward his son to suddenly wanting him around a lot more. One thing I wanted to point out was before this had happened, she had a very negative attitude towards him, very basically didn't want him to be here.

When we will talk about him coming down, it was, can he be here for a week? can be here for two weeks, not three weeks, or a month, or not for the whole summer, of course. I was, like, off the table once in a week. And then, um, so he was here for, I think about three weeks, he was supposed to go home. She was, uh, she was basically wanting him to stay another week longer, um, which I thought was very odd. There was a lot of things that I thought that was very odd. that last week as far as all of a sudden how she flipped a switch to like how she viewed him and what was going on I had an uncomfortable feeling in my gut about it so did other people

the father described what he says was a shocking scene when he came home detailing the moment he discovered his own son and wife in a sexual situation was the hand door I walked in and I look over to my left and I see her sitting down, her boots are out, she's naked, and he was standing up basically in a position where it looked like his waist level was at her head level. So I think she was performing oral sex when I walked in the door. Were you able to see like his p. No, I wasn't. okay you know you're obviously you're not walking in the door like oh of course yeah so and then he

immediately what i think it's happened is he pulled up his pants it kind of looked like he pulled up his a little bit and he jutted off uh to the bathroom i go over to her and i'm immediately like obviously i see her dressed her out and i'm like what the f*** going on i'd say that probably 20 different times like what the f***es going on she has this stupid expression on her face, just like a bewildered expression on her face. Doesn't say anything the entire time this is going on. She has a blanket over top of her lap. I go over there and I'm basically like, surely to God she's not naked.

And so I walk over to her still she's not saying anything, but I rolled her book on her face, and I snatched the blanket off of her lap and she is butt-ass-off-knit-knit. At that point, I'm like, you know just shocked I know basically that something's been going on so he comes out of the bathroom at this point there we're talking about

stuff that's going on I don't think she was really saying with me and I said I wouldn't need you to come outside with me right now my son and I'm like I bring him out there and I'm basically like please God tell me exactly what's going on exactly what happened because I want to know it everything that happened and he proceeded to tell me that they had both had oral sex on each other I felt like he was still hiding so at that point she's kind of coming back and forth outside of the house to talk to me and you

know I'm obviously not wanting anything to do there and then the one thing that like struck me the most when this was all happening was she tried to come out there and basically say that it wasn't as bad as it looked and I looked right right in my eye I said you and she looked right at me and said oh I forgot you knew that

was exactly what she said then I took him to my dad's house and that's just been a huge poor deal ever since which I regret the fact that I didn't And the father said that Alexis tried to excuse your actions as just a loss of control. He says he didn't believe her. She tries to act like she had just, you know, lost control and blacked out or didn't know what was going on.

And I'm like, you weren't even drinking, first of all, you're stunkled and sober. There's so many details leading up to that night, you know, it's just, it doesn't make any sense. Yeah. Yeah, basically her attitude and everything since this has happened, I'm just like, I'm done with trying to, I don't want to say, like, I don't want to say, like, protect her, and I'm done like, with the whole situation I just want to be able to. well and all that should happen right is that the truth should come out and that's when that's what's going to allow everyone to move on everyone tells the truth and then we can move on right whatever whatever that's going to entail get through that and then life will continue um now did you have further conversations with her about it? Did she admit to anything beyond the oral to you?

No, she did not. I don't believe her at all. Just my gut feeling, like I said again, I think that they had sex. But no, she would never admit that to me. Did she... Make any statements to you about why it happened? Yeah, yeah.

She said he, multiple times, she's told me how much he looked like me. Just generally or specifically? No, she had, what she had told me was that it was, he looked, it was kind of dark and that he looked so much like you. Okay. You know, type of thing. I know what she said to the other. other girls okay but she never made any comments about his anatomy or anything like that no not to me okay obviously i had heard what she had told the other girls had confirmed her

about that many times and she basically said which i already knew she wasn't doing it in like a braggadocious way she was doing it in a way that was trying to trying to defend her actions in what she did the things he was saying the size of his blah, blah, like basically like he seemed older and more mature than you like. So what happened? Well, Alexis von Yates was originally charged with lewd or lascivious battery, but then prosecutors upgraded that charge to sexual battery by a person in familial custody. That's a first degree felony carrying up to life in prison.

The fallout didn't stop there, though, because in April of 2025, the Florida Department of Health suspended her nursing license. In their words, Miss Yates' decision to engage in sexual activity with a minor child and or her decision to allow a child to engage her in oral and penetrative sex indicates that she lacks the good judgment and moral character necessary to be a registered nurse. Therefore, Miss Yates continued practice as a nurse presents a risk of immediate, serious danger to the health, safety, and welfare of the public. And then came the official sentencing.

So instead of heading to trial on September 6th,000, 2016 to 2025, Alexis Von Yates stood in court and agreed to a plea deal. She avoided a life sentence. She pleaded guilty to that lesser charge, lewd or lascivious battery on a child aged 12 to 16. And her sentence, two years in state prison, 10 years probation, 200 hours of community service with Marion County, solid waste litter control. She has to register as a sex offender, no contact with the victim during her entire sentence. The judge said he signed off on the plea in part to spare the victim from having to testify

in open court, writing that forcing him to recount these traumatic details in front of a jury would cause, quote, undue re-traumatization. The victim's mother told the court that Alexis was a coward and an incestuous pedophile. She also said her son's relationship with his father has been destroyed, claiming the two haven't spoken since all this happened. Alexis von Yates, once a trusted nurse, she is now a convicted sex offender. serving prison time, stripped of her license, her career, and according to her own family members, her integrity.

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