Ada County Judge Michael Reardon sentenced von Ehlinger to 20 years in prison for the guilty conviction, with parole eligibility after eight years. The Ada County District Attorney’s Office had recommended a sentence of 40 years in prison with 15 years to be served before parole eligibility, according to a release from County Attorney Jan Bennetts’ office. “I want to thank Jane Doe for her courage in this case,” Bennetts said in the release. “I appreciate the tireless work done by Boise Police detectives on this case, which allowed my team to ensure that justice was served.” CNN has reached out to von Ehlinger’s attorney for comment. The victim, then a 19-year-old intern of another lawmaker, accused von Ehlinger — then a 38-year-old Republican state representative — of engaging in non-consensual sexual acts with her in March 2021 after taking her out to dinner. Von Ellinger resigned in April 2021 after a state House committee heard the intern’s allegations and unanimously recommended that von Ellinger be convicted and removed from the powers of his office without pay. He was charged in the case later that year. Von Ehlinger said the intercourse was consensual. The Republican first took office in June 2020, when Idaho’s governor appointed him to fill a vacancy in the state House. He was subsequently elected to a full term in November 2020.
