A former BYU professor accused of sexually abusing 3 students and 'ecclesiastical abuse' was sentenced Monday to probation after pleading no contest to reduced charges.
PROVO — A Utah judge said the sentence for a former BYU professor who pleaded no contest to sexual battery involving students could have ended up very differently if he and the attorneys in the case hadn't already agreed to a Rule 11 plea — which means the judge agreed to impose the sentence proposed by the attorneys before the plea was signed.
Clay was initially charged with two counts of forcible sexual abuse. After two more students came forward, he was later charged with four additional counts of forcible sexual abuse. All were second-degree felonies. As part of a plea bargain with the Utah County Attorney's Office, Clay pleaded no contest to three reduced counts of sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor, and all other charges were dismissed.
When asked if he wanted to make a comment before the sentence, Clay told the judge he had nothing to say. In signing his plea, he wrote: "I intentionally touched the buttocks of three adult women. ... I should have known it would cause affront or alarm." Long said Clay admitted to him that he had skin-on-skin contact with the woman during a hug that was an "inadvertent touch" because the woman had a shirt with a high midriff. During the interview, Clay also confirmed he took the woman up Provo Canyon in a vehicle and said there may have been an accidental touch.
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