SPENCER (AP) – A woman faces up to a year in jail for attempting to extort money from a man who was having a sexual relationship with her 12-year-old daughter.

Marsha Kay Nichols, 31, of Elkview pleaded no contest to attempted extortion, a misdemeanor, on Jan. 21 in Roane County Circuit Court. She also faces a fine of up to $500 when sentenced March 21.
After Nichols discovered her daughter’s relationship with Bruce Stover, 42, she threatened to tell police unless Stover paid her money, state police officer J.E. Elmore had said.

Nichols went to Stover’s residence in the Walton area and collected money three times. During one of the visits, Nichols watched Stover and her daughter kiss and hug several times, Elmore had said.
Stover, who lives in the Walton area, pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree sexual assault, a felony, in August. In November, Roane County Circuit Judge David Nibert suspended a one- to five-year jail sentence, ordered Stover to serve 90 days in jail and placed him on five years probation.

Stover also is required to register for life as a sex offender, participate in counseling and perform 100 hours of community service. He is banned from being in the presence of any female under 18 without adult supervision.

How could someone prostitute their pre-teen child? How?