Anna Stubblefield Case Study

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Anna Stubblefield, a professor of Ethics from Rutgers University, was recently convicted of aggravated sexual assault. Stubblefield allegedly assaulted a student who suffers from cerebral palsy. He is reportedly unable to walk, dress, communicate, and use the restroom without assistance. Court officials have said that Stubblefield was taking advantage of a mentally incapable person, but she claims that she and the student were in love.

Stubblefield is married and has two children. She has been trying to convince her lawyers that the case should be overturned. Court documents refer to the victim as 35-year-old D.J., who according to medial professionals in New York, has the metal capacity of a toddler. Stubblefield says that, although he is

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