Overview

• U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Jessica Leslie to two years of probation with two months of home confinement after her guilty plea to criminal contempt.
• Talwani said Leslie was flippant about her secrecy oath, imposing home confinement to reflect the seriousness of breaching grand jury rules.
• Prosecutors and the defense had recommended a one-day time-served sentence, and the court credited one day of custody while adding the probation term.
• The FBI opened its probe after a January 2024 post on X signaled sealed information, then used cellphone warrants and texts to tie Leslie to disclosures of witness names and testimony.
• Leslie’s lawyer said she lost her job at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, and authorities confirmed the broader federal grand jury inquiry yielded no other charges as Karen Read was acquitted in June.