Morris County Dojo Owner Gets Probation For Sex With Developmentally Disabled Adult: Prosecutor

A 52-year-old Morris County owner of a karate academy was sentenced on Friday, March 15 to two years probation, after pleading guilty to having sex with a developmentally disabled adult, authorities said.

Mount Olive Karate Academy
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Sam Barron

03/22/2024 12:01 p.m.

Raymond Ziesse, who owns Mount Olive Karate Academy in Flanders, had a sexual relationship with the former adult student between May 2018 and August 2018 at the dojo, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said.

Ziesse was indicted in December 2023 and pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact last month, authorities said.

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