Overview
- Judge Matthew Hawley approved her release after she paid $120,000 in cash under strict conditions including house arrest, GPS tracking, a no-contact order and a one-mile exclusion zone.
- Her attorney argued that jail would jeopardize prenatal care, prompting the judge to factor her eight- to nine-week pregnancy into his decision.
- She faces four criminal sexual conduct counts in Anderson County, 12 additional counts in Greenville County and an active investigation in Clemson.
- Grant Strickland, who turned 18 this year, said Callaham groomed and abused him from age 14 to 16 through school sign-outs and supervised activities.
- The case has drawn attention to coordination challenges among local jurisdictions and the difficulty of detecting prolonged grooming by educators.