Best friend of the Fargo school staff member who allegedly exchanged nude photos with a student has testified against her

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More trial details have emerged for the former Fargo Schools staff member accused of exchanging nudes with a 16-year-old. As first reported by Inforum, 33-year-old Ashley Peterson was a Davies High School behavioral technician and nanny to the superintendent’s kids, until she was reported to social services by her best friend, Heather Cantrell. She was Peterson’s coworker at the school for years, and they had become very close. She was called to testify through a subpoena. On the witness stand, Cantrell said while she and Peterson met for drinks on October 8th, Peterson admitted that she saw the 16-year-old boy’s nude body on Snapchat, and she “reciprocated” the student’s photo. Peterson’s attorney, Adam Justinger, said Cantrell was drunk at the time, and that she closed a bar tab of more than $90 that night. He finds that the prosecution is basing their case on witness testimony that is “not credible.” He says that prosecutors have no sexually explicit texts or nude photos in evidence.