Woman accused of sexually assaulting youth athletes gets plea deal

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Blaine woman accused of sexually assaulting two teenage hockey players agreed to a plea deal on Friday, according to court records.
Allison Schardin, 38, was charged in Ramsey County with felony third- and fourth-degree sexual conduct in connection to the alleged assault in January inside a Roseville hotel room. She pleaded not guilty in May, but on Friday, she changed her plea on the third-degree charge to guilty. The fourth-degree count will be dismissed, court records state.
Schardin is set to be sentenced on Jan. 10.
The youth hockey players are from Colorado and were visiting Minnesota for a tournament, according to court documents.
The victims say Schardin joined them in the hotel’s hot tub, where she allegedly told them she was having marital problems with her husband, who she said was abusive. The victims say she also confided in them that she had recently cheated on her husband with a college-aged hockey player.
The complaint states her husband came to the pool room at one point and demanded she return to their room or their “relationship is over.”
One of the victims said Schardin later texted him to ask if she could come to his room because her husband was being abusive, leading to her allegedly abusing the boys.
In the days after the alleged assaults, Schardin is accused of urging one of the victims in a text message not to tell the police or report what happened.
She was arrested weeks later, with police saying she waived her Miranda rights and spoke openly with investigators, admitting to the sexual contact.
General Sites for information related to sexual assault and resources throughout Minnesota:
General Sexual Assault Websites:
Women’s Advocateswadvocates.orgCrisis Line: (651) 227-8284
St. Paul & Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Projectstpaulintervention.orgCrisis Line: (651) 645-2824
Minnesota Day Onedayoneservices.orgCrisis Line: 1-866-223-1111
Esperanza Unitedesperanzaunited.orgBilingual crisis line: (651) 772-1611.
For anonymous, confidential help, people can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224.