Detroit- The Westland woman accused of accepting money for sex from the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will be back in court next week for a hearing after allegedly violating the terms of her probation.
Alycia Martin must explain why she failed to pay probation fees and take sobriety tests as part of her probation.
Martin's attorney, Frank Cusumano Jr., said his client can't afford to pay the fees or for preliminary breath tests required as punishment for pleading guilty to a reduced charge of trespassing.
Martin, 21, was sentenced in August to six months of probation by 52-4 District Judge William Bolle after she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in June. She was originally charged with misdemeanor prostitution after a sting in February at a Troy hotel.
Martin, who is pregnant, was sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, which allows first-time nonviolent offenders ages 17-21 to have their records wiped clean if they successfully complete probation.
Stabenow’s husband, Tom Athans, was not charged in exchange for his assistance in the case. Athans, who has been married to Stabenow since 2003, did not appear in court.
Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm said Martin will be back before Bolle on Feb. 5.
