Pedophile Coral Lytle has been jailed for four years for raping her daughters’ boyfriends, who were aged just 14 and 15 when she attacked (Picture: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office/ABC7)

A pedophile mother sobbed as she was jailed for four years for raping her daughters’ 14 and 15 year-old boyfriends.

Coral Lytle, 42, remained silent but was unable to stifle tears as she learned her fate at a courthouse in Tulare, California, on Monday.

She was flanked by supporters who also sobbed as Lytle was told she will be on the sex offender’s register for life.

But the child abuser’s tears cut little ice with one of the victim’s mothers, who issued a blistering statement in court.


The woman, who was not named to protect her son’s identity said: ‘Your name will always be equated with being a sex offender and rapist because that is what now defines you.’

Lytle has since been divorced by her husband. Her victims have suffered from depression and been bullied, with one of the boys even contemplating suicide (Picture: ABC7)

A father whose son was one of the boys targeted by Lytle said his son has considered suicide as a result of the abuse.



He told the court: ‘My son was manipulated by a pedophile and his life has changed forever…

‘Her going off to prison can’t change the damage she has done to my son.

‘But watching her get handcuffed is going to put a smile on my face.’

The Fresno Bee reported that both victims had been boyfriends of Lytle’s daughters.

She targeted both boys over a week-long period between the end of September 2017 and the first week of October that year, when one of the boys went to police.

Lytle, who was divorced by her husband after the allegations emerged, met one of her victims through a church youth group.

She groomed the other boy by taking him to get his ears pierced and plying him with booze as well as tobacco.

The pedophile would meet her victims in parks and parking lots, or even pick them up from their family’s homes and then drive them back to hers for sex.

On one occasion, one of the boys sneaked out of his home after being picked up by Lytle.

They then drove to the pervert’s house, where she sexually abused him, and drove him back to his at 5am the next morning before his parents woke up.

That boy’s dad also told of the terrible toll the abuse had taken on his son, including depression and being bullied at school.

He said: ‘She then sexually molested my son.

‘People said that high school was supposed to be the best time of his life. He had hopes and dreams. It didn’t work out that way.’

Recalling how the child had blamed himself for the abuse he had suffered, the dad added: ‘He was blaming himself for actions of someone else.

‘To hear that really tears you up.’

Lytle admitted crimes including unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation and contacting a minor for sex at a court hearing last month.

She faced up to 17 years behind bars, with prosecutor Tim Ward suggesting Lytle got off lightly.

He said: ‘Coral Lytle is a predator and this office was prepared for years to tell that to a jury.

‘While I am grateful that she will serve prison time and have to register as a sex offender, the sentence doesn’t reflect the lifetime impact she made on her victims.’