A British woman was deported from the United States after being accompanied by a 14-year-old boy - who paid her to help her lose her virginity.
Sarah McGill was facing 15 years in prison, but she was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to leave America immediately.
The decision was made after she was convicted of obscene or lustful battery known as legal rape in the UK.
Since probation ended when he left the United States, his sentence was effectively expelled.
The agreement with prosecutors means that the 28-year-old hypnotherapist from Galashiels, Selkirkshire, may be back in Scotland today, although his plans for travel are unclear.
The case of McGill was unexpectedly resolved on Wednesday, three days after the publication of details of her interviews with the police, in which she said she felt "terrible" that the boy was a minor.
She had denied the obscene or lascivious battery - which is similar to legal rape in the UK and was to be tried next month.
But the prospect of a long prison sentence left her "scared", she said in an interview with the police, and prosecutors were apparently willing to grant her an agreement.
McGill was scheduled to appear before Judge Marc Lubet at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, for a pre-trial conference on Wednesday, but was sentenced later that day.
Julio Semino, head of judicial support for the ninth judicial circuit, said in an e-mail: "Ms. Mcgill has been sentenced to five years of probation for sex offenders and has been convicted of sexual assault.
"Her passport was ordered to be returned to her and she was ordered to leave the country immediately and her probation must end on her departure from the United States."
Under Florida law, when a person is found guilty by a judge, she is convicted of the crime.
A note in the court calendar says: "The court appoints the sex offender defendant".
McGill was arrested on April 6 after having sex with the 14-year-old at a Courtyard Marriott hotel in Orlando.
The victim found her profile on Quora.com who listed her under the name "Sophie Belle" and texted her to establish the bond for which he paid her $ 480.
The incident occurred when the boy's father discovered what he had done and returned to the hotel where he called the police.
It turned out later that the boy had lost his virginity at McGill when they slept together.
This arrest highlighted McGill's strange double life, claiming to be a hypnotherapist with an office in Edinburgh.
In her interview with the police, McGill admitted that she had traveled alone across the United States - visiting San Francisco, New Jersey, San Diego and Tampa before Orlando - but she claimed to be touring.
When told that she is a prostitute who is paid hundreds of dollars an hour to sleep with men, she said "there is truth in there".
McGill sobbed during the two-hour interview and said "I swear I did not know" that the boy was under 18 years old.
She said, "We did not just talk, he wanted to touch me, we were talking and one thing led to another, that was it, I wish I would never take it upstairs. an idiot."
McGill added in its thick Scottish accent that it "did not come here to do anything wrong".
Through tears, she said, "Whatever happens, I have never had an unhealthy intention, I am just a very down-to-earth and normal person.
"I have never been handcuffed or anything like that, so it scares me, I think I should leave the country and I think I should be disconcerted I do not want to go to jail I'm really scared . "
During his interview with the police, the victim stated that he felt "guilty" of having slept with McGill and that he only wanted to "spice up" his sex life because he was still a virgin and felt peer pressure.
The boy said he gave money to McGill as a "gift" and was wearing a condom.
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