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A married school social worker has avoided jail after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an underage student.
Chloe Rose Castro, 29, was sentenced to 20 years to life of Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) on April 2 after having a sexual relationship with a sixth-grade boy. Sixth-graders are typically aged 11-12.
Castro, of Lakewood, Colorado, will also serve three years in community corrections before probation, and must register as a sex offender for life.
Additionally, the 29-year-old, who appeared in her mugshot wearing pigtails, will pay more than $14,000 to the victim for restitution.
The former social worker was taken into custody after the boy's parents notified the Arvada Police Department on October 29, 2024.
They handed over evidence that showed Castro, a former employee at Jeffco Public Schools District, engaging in an inappropriate relationship with their child, whose exact age remains unclear.
An affidavit, reviewed by 9News, revealed that the child's parents discovered inappropriate Instagram messages between their son and Castro.
The married woman met the unnamed student at the end of his sixth grade year and soon asked him to be her boyfriend, the child said, according to the affidavit.
Chloe Castro, 29, of Lakewood, Colorado, was sentenced to 20 years to life of Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation after having a sexual relationship with a sixth grade boy
When the boy's parents tried to take his phone from him, they said their child logged out of all his accounts and changed the passwords, according to the affidavit.
The child's father told police he saw messages from a 'Chloe Castro', as well as multiple exchanges with a 'Jeremy', the outlet reported.
During his interview, the juvenile confirmed that he saved Castro's number under the name 'Jeremy,' and that they met when he was finishing up sixth grade.
The student confessed that Castro asked him to be her boyfriend, and that they had planned to move to New Mexico together, according to the affidavit.
He also revealed that Castro is married, but she and her husband have an understanding that she wants to have two partners, the legal filing stated.
The court acknowledged dozens of letters from the outraged community demanding the maximum sentence for the disgraced social worker.
'There is no sentence that I could ask for which will give the community their trust back in Jefferson County Public Schools,' the prosecutor said in court.
She met the unnamed student at the end of his sixth grade year and soon asked him to be her boyfriend, despite being married, the affidavit showed
'There is not a sentence that will take away the trauma this child suffered,' they continued.
Castro, addressing the court, said she is committed to treatment and added that she will never work with children again.
The court ordered that Castro be taken into custody and supervised by Intervention Community Corrections Services.
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