The white South Carolina woman dubbed “Pool Patrol Paula” over a viral video of her hitting a black teenager as she kicked him out of a pool has pleaded guilty to assault — and was slapped with a $1,000 fine, according to local reports.
Stephanie Sebby-Strempel, 38, pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery for whacking a 15-year-old boy in the face and chest as she told him he “didn’t belong” at the Reminisce community pool in Summerville on June 24, WCIV TV reported.
The boy’s family, who were at the hearing in Dorchester County Court, said they thought the $1,000 fine was a fair punishment and didn’t comment further, according to WCBD TV.
The teen was one of several children invited to the community pool by a family friend in the neighborhood, according to officials and local reports.
When they were told to leave, the boy and his friends started to head out — but the out-of-control woman reportedly yelled racial slurs at them and called them “punks.”
One video of the incident, posted on Facebook and viewed millions of times, shows the woman in a patterned one-piece bathing suit, yelling “Get out!” and swiping at a phone camera.
“Get out now!” she can be heard yelling. “There’s three numbers I can dial, 9-1-1, okay? Get out, you little punk.”
Investigators said the assault was unprovoked and that the teen didn’t retaliate when he was hit.
When law enforcement showed up to Sebby-Strempel’s home after the incident to arrest her, the sheriff’s office alleged that she pushed one detective against the wall, injuring his knee, and bit a second one so hard on the arm that she broke the skin.
Sebby-Strempel wasn’t at the hearing and her lawyer said the other charges, possibly relating to the assault on the officers, had been dismissed, WCBD reported.




