A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Pittsburgh-area therapist to probation for having a yearslong sexual relationship with a boy starting when he was 14.

Rachel Witkowski, 43, of Swissvale pleaded guilty to three of the 11 charges against her — statutory sexual assault by a person 11 or more years older than the victim, indecent assault and corruption of minors, court records show. Prosecutors withdrew the remaining charges.

Common Pleas Judge Bruce R. Beemer sentenced her to six years of probation.

“We successfully worked with the assistant district attorney to obtain a very fair and just result,” said attorney Stanton D. Levenson, who represents Witkowski.

He declined further comment.

Allegheny County Police arrested Witkowski in October after the victim, then 17, told police he and Witkowski had their first sexual interaction in 2019 and then began having intercourse regularly, often multiple times a week, a criminal complaint said.

The encounters started in March 2020 and ended in November 2022, when the boy got a girlfriend, the complaint said.

Witkowski threatened the alleged victim to try to stop him from going to law enforcement, police said. The boy reported the alleged abuse to his school principal and a child-abuse referral system.

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Witkowski’s license to practice as a counselor remained suspended Wednesday, according to a publicly accessible government website. The Department of State had suspended it temporarily at the time of Witkowski’s arrest.

Witkowski’s counseling license was first issued Nov. 9, 2012, state records show.

Witkowski was running a private counseling practice in Monroeville at the time of her arrest. That practice’s website was not functioning or available Wednesday.

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