'Naked Nanny' must continue her probation

'Naked Nanny' must continue her probation
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer

LARGO — Sarah Slicker became known as "the Naked Nanny" after she was arrested and accused of removing her clothes in front of a 4-year-old boy she was babysitting in 2004.

But now the 27-year-old woman is a mother, and she appeared in court on Friday cradling her blond-haired toddler son. The reason: She wanted to be released early from her 10-year sentence of probation, partly so that her son can have a normal childhood.

Attorney Debora Moss said Slicker wants her son to be able to interact with other children, but that's difficult because Slicker is not allowed to be around other kids while on probation.

"It's very isolating," Moss said.

Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Joseph A. Bulone said he understood the inconvenience because mothers often like to get together in a group with their kids. But, he said, Slicker's son "can still go to preschool and play groups," just not with his mom present.

He denied Slicker's request for an early end to her probation but noted that defendants who have behaved well traditionally make a request after their probation is halfway done.

Slicker, who is married and working, declined to comment after the hearing Friday, noting that she had been in the media before and "I would like to stay out as much as possible."

Before her arrest, Slicker had been admired as a babysitter in the Old Northeast neighborhood of St. Petersburg. She had taught Sunday school and even earned a degree from Florida Southern College in pre-K education.

But her reputation changed one day in January 2004 when she and the boy she was babysitting watched a James Bond movie and a love scene flashed onto the screen. The 4-year-old asked her to take off her clothes, and she did. She later said she complied because she was emotionally and physically exhausted.

The boy's mother walked in on them, and Slicker was arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious exhibition.

In 2005, she was sentenced to a year in jail, two years of house arrest and 10 years of probation. After Slicker served the jail time, an appeals court said she should get a new trial. She ended up pleading guilty after that and received a new 10-year probation sentence in 2007.

Assistant State Attorney Blair Clarke said he thought the half-way point would be after she has served five full years of probation. But Bulone said there is a possibility of looking at a request earlier than that because she previously served the year in jail.
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