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Ogden • An Ogden man once accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a teen boy in 2013, but who pleaded guilty to reduced charges, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail.

Ryan Mitchell Schaffer, 36, pleaded guilty last month in 2nd District Court to third-degree-felony unlawful sexual activity with a minor, as well as third-degree-felony sex-offender-registry violation and misdemeanor violation by a sex offender in a restricted area.

On Tuesday, Judge Mark DeCaria — noting that Schaffer has been at the Weber County jail for two years waiting for the case to resolve — sentenced the man to an additional year in jail, but said he can be released after six months to halfway house.

Schaffer was initially charged in 2013 with aggravated kidnapping and forcible sodomy, after the then-14-year-old victim told police that he was kidnapped from an Ogden train station by knifepoint and forced to commit sexual acts over several days.

Schaffer's attorney, Paul Remy, said Tuesday that is not what really happened.

"This is not a case that started with a kidnapping and went from there," he told DeCaria. "This was a voluntary association … The relationship turned into inappropriate conduct for the age of the child."

The victim said in court Tuesday that his life was greatly affected by the July 3, 2013 events, saying he now has problems sleeping and avoids the places he visited with Schaffer during that three-day period.

"I've never been able to figure out why you picked me as your prey," the teenager told Schaffer. "You are the reason I have hatred in my life … Stop being an animal looking for his next meal. Animals belong in cages and that's where you should be for the rest of you life."

Schaffer, shackled and wearing a blue jail jumpsuit, trembled as the teen made his statements, and expressed shock and confusion when it was his turn to speak in court.

"Never did I have any intention of hurting you," he told the boy. "… I'm just in shock."

When Schaffer struggled to express his feelings, Remy told the judge that his client was at a loss for words because he "never actually threatened anybody."

"He's never been one to force his will upon anybody," Remy said. "… He did not threaten [the victim.] He knows what happens was wrong, [but] I think the circumstances were substantially different than initially represented in this case."

Remy said after the sentencing that his client had a chance meeting with the victim at an Ogden train platform, and emphasized that he never kidnapped the boy. He said if the case had gone to trial, he had witnesses who would have testified that they saw Schaffer and the teen together during the time period, and that the victim was not being held against his will, as was initially reported.

Schaffer's family released a statement to the media on Tuesday, saying there were several lies that were supported by the court system.

"When it comes to sex abuse cases, the facts do not matter," the statement reads. "Truth does not matter … These cases are steeped in hype and emotion only, and are the 21st century equivalent of the Salem Witch Hunts, propagating mass deception through fear-mongering and public manipulation to incite mob behavior."

Schaffer also admitted to providing "false or incomplete information" for his sex-offender-registry requirement. This stemmed from a 2007 case where he was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor for having a computer with illegal pornographic images on it.