A Blaine woman was sentenced Friday to serve two weekends in the county workhouse and five years of probation for sexually assaulting two Colorado teens who were in the Twin Cities for a hockey tournament. Allison Leigh Schardin, 39, pleaded guilty in Ramsey County District Court to felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the Jan. 14 incident at a Roseville hotel, where the two 15-year-old victims were staying with their team. Allison Leigh Schardin (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office) Schardin told police that she and her husband and their two children were taking a “staycation” at the hotel, according to the Feb. 2 criminal complaint. Schardin fought back tears as she read a brief statement at her sentencing, apologizing “for the hurt and embarrassment this has caused the boys, their families, their hockey community and my family. What happened was entirely my fault. … And I am so sorry my terrible decisions took advantage of the vulnerability of the boys.” According to the complaint, police were notified Jan. 22 that a woman, later identified as Schardin, had engaged in sexual conduct with members of a Colorado under-16 hockey team at a hotel in the 2500 block of Cleveland Avenue North. The boys told police they went to the hotel’s pool area after a team dinner on Jan. 14. Schardin left the sauna and got into a hot tub, where the boys and other teammates were hanging around. She told them she had cheated on her husband and that they were having problems, the charges say. The husband then came to the pool area and yelled words to the effect of, “If you don’t come upstairs, our relationship is over,” the charges state. The boys left the pool area at curfew, around 10 p.m. Later that night, the two boys and three other teammates “snuck back down” and met Shardin back at the pool. The teammates returned to a room. Schardin then messaged a boy through Snapchat and said she and her husband got into an argument and asked, “can I come into your room?” Two boys told police they did not want her coming to the room, but a third said he agreed because she told them she was afraid of her husband, the complaint says. When Schardin went to the room, two of the boys immediately left. Schardin talked about sex and asked the boys if they were sexually active. She asked each one of them how old they were and they told her their correct ages, according to the charges. “She told them that she was 38 and they were young enough to be her kids,” the charges say. Schardin told the boys that they could touch her breasts, which two of them did. She removed her pants. She performed oral sex on one boy, and asked another to touch her private parts, which the teen told police he did but “not for very long” because he felt “very uncomfortable.” Schardin asked one boy if he had a condom. Another boy told police he was thankful they did not have one because he did not want things to go that far and (Schardin) was insisting on them having sex,” the complaint states. One boy told Schardin she had to leave because they had a game the next day. She left. Schardin messaged a boy during the game — he read it in a locker room in between periods — and she then showed up at the rink. One of the boys told police he was shaking on the bench and that “it was really creepy” that she went to the game. After returning to Colorado, Schardin messaged the two victims, asking one of them not to report to police what happened. Schardin was arrested Feb. 1. She said she enjoyed the attention she was getting from the boys, and admitted to the sexual conduct. Schardin had no prior felony convictions. She was convicted of misdemeanor DWI in Anoka County in 2022. Hockey season canceled As part of the plea deal, the prosecution agreed to dismiss a fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charge. They agreed to seek no more than eight months in jail with the understanding the defense would argue for no additional time beyond the five days that Schardin had spent in custody after her arrest and before posting a $30,000 bond. In a sentencing memorandum filed this week, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Andrew Johnson wrote that both victims and their families have “suffered enormous harm.” The two victims were initially suspended from the team, which canceled the rest of the season, according to Johnson. “It really can’t be overstated just how much harm this has caused both the victims themselves and their families,” Johnson told Judge Joy Bartscher at sentencing. “They’ve lost friends. They’ve had to deal with a lot of whispering and even blatantly false comments in their community. They lost opportunities in terms of their sporting events. And these are the kinds of things that people talk about for a long time, even forever.” Related Articles Crime & Public Safety | Mitchell seeks to postpone burglary trial till after Legislature’s adjournment Crime & Public Safety | Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction Crime & Public Safety | New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him, bodycam video shows Crime & Public Safety | Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample Crime & Public Safety | Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it ‘despicable’ Johnson said the victims and their families asked that Schardin receive the full eight-month jail sentence “and that’s what I’m asking for as well. I think it’s entirely appropriate.” Defense attorney Eileen Bergmann argued for no additional jail time. Schardin has been addressing her mental health, Bergmann said. She said a psychologist who performed a psychosexual evaluation of Schardin as part of a presentence investigation indicated that a “mental health episode was a part of this offending behavior. That, I think, is really crucial.” Schardin has faced other consequences, Bergmann said. She lost her job and has been “ostracized from the community. She’s lost many friends. She’s had to sever ties with certain family members. Again, this is the result of her own actions. But, she’s been punished.” Schardin has “faced worldwide scrutiny” because of media reports, according to Bergmann. “Again, she did it. She’s paying the price,” she said. “But, judge, it’s been brutal. Media coverage. Internet coverage. TikTok videos. Her number has been out there. Text messages. People threatening her.” Bergmann said Schardin has the support of her husband and mother, both of whom were in the courtroom. Bartscher said there is a “whole gamut of behavior” that fits into criminal sexual conduct. She said although she understands why the victims want retribution, “I do not see this as the kind of case where it is necessary for Ms. Schardin to be locked away in order to protect the rest of the world from her.” Bartscher said she believes long-term incarceration would be “detrimental to Schardin and her mental health, and would not accomplish what I think we want to accomplish by sentencing.” Bartscher also ordered Schardin to complete 200 hours of community work service. After probation, Schardin must serve a statutorily required 10 years of conditional release and register as a predatory offender. Bartscher allowed Schardin to choose the weekends she wanted to serve the six days. She picked Feb. 7-9 and Feb. 14-16. “That means you’re spending Valentine’s Day in custody,” Bartscher said. “But maybe that’s a good thing, because Ms. Schardin … I probably don’t have to say it, but you are very lucky that you have your family that still supports you.”