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Had sex zack left to meet friends at the homecoming parade. >> are you serious? >> so what have you been charged with? >> second degree sexual assault. of a child. >> and when you heard that, how did you feel? >> my heart -- i still think this is all just a nightmare. >> when police came knocking, zack was home alone and waived his right to an attorney. an officer questioned him for ten minutes before booking him into milwaukee's county jail where zack was finally allowed to call him mother, carey. >> tell me about how you found out about the incident? >> my husband and i were coming back from...

>> zack's defense attorney had attempted to negotiate a plea to reduce zack's charge from a felony to a misdemeanor but the state prosecutor refused. the night before zack's case goes to trial, travis prepares zack and his mother carey for what to expect. >> probably the first or second question the prosecutor is going to ask you is, zack, you had sex with [ bleep ] didn't you. and what is your answer to that? >> yes. >> and because that's the truth, right? >> yes. >> remember one of the things that we talked about that might help you with relaxing and being more calm up on the witness stand? ...

Guys on the team, we're well known from pep rallies and games. >> like a lot of teens, zack had big plans, going to college with a sports scholarship, then joining the military. but five months ago at the start of his senior year, zack's future took a detour when he began exchanging texts with a schoolmate, a 14-year-old freshman girl. did you guys ever interact in person? >> it was mostly on snapchat but we would say hi to each other in the halls and then we kept talking from there. >> how did you eventually get to the point where you had sex? >> she invited me over to her aunt's house after ...

>> did he make you feel afraid of him, that you felt like you had to go along? >> kind of. he's kind of a forceful person. kind of pressures and pressures until you finally do something. >> i do feel for her. you know, she was a freshman, he was a popular senior. she didn't want to upset this popular boy. i mean these two barely even interacted in person. and then there they were having sex. so you know, it's not a black and white case. but the big question is does zack deserve to possibly go to prison and be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life? you know what's better than ge...

Offender. the report also revealed zack is struggling with depression and anxiety, a development that has his mother carey on edge. how has all of this affected zack, as far as you've been able to tell? >> right now he's suffering inside. he won't tell me but i know he is. i've gotten calls from the school, he'll break down, want to come home from school. he doesn't want to go to school. i want to tell zack that everything is going to be fine, you know, that you're going to be able to go into the military, you're going to be able to go on to school, you're going to be able to fulfill all of yo...