A West Albury woman tried to silence a young teachers' aid over a "hostage" drama by threatening to reveal he was in a relationship with the teenage "victim", a court has heard.
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But the girl was never held hostage, nor was she involved with him; it was a ruse thought-up by Jessica Maree Rixon to continue to get money out of the man.
Rixon, 36, and the girl had already been asking for loans from the man, which he had readily provided, Albury Local Court has been told.
Eventually it reached the stage where the 19-year-old was asked to meet Rixon outside Albury's Atura Hotel on the evening of June 16, in the car park out back.
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The man, who turned 20 two weeks later, waited and waited but nothing happened.
On June 20, Rixon stole his car then later demanded in a text message that he provide her with registration papers transferring ownership into her name.
If he refused, Rixon threatened to "expose the victim for having a relationship with (the) 14-year-old" girl stating "that he would go to jail".
Frightened by the threat, the victim left the papers in his letterbox.
Rixon had intended to fight charges laid over her actions, at a hearing set down for November 27.
But she has since changed her mind on appearing in court via a video link to jail.
Rixon has been in custody, bail refused, since June.
"I don't want to stay in jail longer," an upbeat, smiling Rixon told magistrate Rodney Brender in explaining her wish for her matters to be finalised.
She pleaded guilty this week to steal motor vehicle, steal property in dwelling house and demand with menaces to obtain a gain or cause loss.
Rixon also pleaded guilty to an unrelated Commonwealth charge of dishonestly obtain a financial advantage by deception, over her obtaining a Medicare refund of $3209.20 for services never provided by a Canberra-based anaethetist.
She will be sentenced on December 17.
