Former Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts has been released from custody after completing a 90-day jail sentence for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy while she was in office.
The 44-year-old finished her sentence on Monday, a week after Judge Kent Savoie rejected prosecutors’ request for a harsher punishment.
Roberts faced up to 17 years in prison after a jury convicted her in March of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behaviour with a minor.
Prosecutors established that Roberts sexually assaulted the teenager after they drank alcohol at a pool party at her home in July 2024. The victim was a high school student and friend of Roberts’ son.
Roberts was mayor of DeRidder at the time and resigned shortly before her arrest in August 2024.
