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Friday, August 13, 2010
Woman Pleads No Contest in Sex Case
By Vic Vela
Journal Northern Bureau
A former staff member at a private Christian school in Santa Fe has pleaded no contest to a felony charge in connection with the sexual relationship she once had with a student.
Kristina Bibb, 37, had sex with a male Christian Life Academy student on five occasions while she was a financial secretary for Christian Life Fellowship church, which operates the school, according to statements made in state District Court on Wednesday.
The boy was 17 at the time the encounters began in May 2009.
"We knew it was wrong each time...," the teen wrote in a statement read in court by his father.
The teenager — who didn't attend the court hearing — also said in the letter that Bibb didn't want anyone to find out about the affair.
Bibb, who is the daughter of former Gov. Toney Anaya, is married to Jim Bibb, a former assistant U.S. Attorney who was the Republican nominee for New Mexico attorney general in 2006.
Kristina Bibb was present but didn't speak in court Wednesday.
The teen also said in the letter that Jim Bibb, who was also formerly employed with the FBI, played a role in smearing him after the husband found out about the relationship.
"Her husband told her kids to call and text all their friends that I raped her," the victim's letter read.
The victim said that Bibb's son threatened him and that "I've been dealing with being called a raper" ever since.
Attempts by the Journal to reach Jim Bibb — who was not present in court Wednesday — were unsuccessful Thursday.
Wednesday's hearing had not been scheduled ahead of time on Judge Michael Vigil's docket. A Journal reporter listened to a recording of the proceedings Thursday.
At the hearing, Kristina Bibb entered a pre-indictment plea of no contest to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The charge carried with it a potential 18-month prison term. She could have faced more time behind bars had she been prosecuted on charges of criminal sexual penetration.
But Bibb was sentenced by Vigil to five years of unsupervised probation and will receive a conditional discharge.
This means the fourth-degree felony that Bibb pleaded no contest to will not show as a conviction on her record if she successfully complies with terms of her probation. But if she is convicted of a subsequent felony, it can be used against her.
Neither the teen victim nor his parents wanted to see Bibb go to jail, which was the "most important factor" behind prosecutors not pursuing stiffer charges or penalties, according to District Attorney Angela "Spence" Pacheco.
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