PORTLAND (AP) – The judge, the prosecutor, the parents.

All of them expressed hope Friday that a family can heal now that a plea agreement closes a chapter on a case in which the parents were accused of kidnapping their daughter in hopes of persuading her to have an abortion.

“We have all made some bad choices in the past and we will have to live with them,” said Lola Kampf, the mother. “But we must believe with our hearts and soul that time will heal the wounds they have caused.”

But the 20-year-old daughter who claims her parents spat on her, tackled her and tied her up isn’t yet ready for reconciliation.

“She doesn’t see any hope for a future relationship with them,” said Evan Grover, a friend who was serving as the daughter’s spokesman.

Despite Katelyn Kampf’s objections, a judge on Friday signed off on a plea agreement that spares her parents from jail.

Under the agreement, Lola and Nicholas Kampf pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct while felony kidnapping charges were dropped. The assault case will be dismissed if they get counseling.

The episode unfolded on Sept. 15, 2006, at the parents’ home in North Yarmouth after they learned of their daughter’s unplanned pregnancy.

Katelyn Kampf contends her parents told her she needed to have an abortion, but she had decided at that point to keep the baby. After arguing, her mother held her down and spit on her, and her father tackled her when she tried to escape, she contends.

She was tied up before being tossed in the car. The parents had driven nearly 100 miles, to Salem, N.H., when she escaped and called police.

Katelyn Kampf contends the parents were upset because she was carrying a mixed-race baby. Kampf is white. Her boyfriend is black.

Lawyers for her parents denied that racism had anything to do with the incident. The parents were upset because she’d become pregnant and left college and because the baby’s father was unemployed and in trouble with the law, they said.

District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said the mother had called abortion clinics in Massachusetts and New York to inquire about an appointment for her daughter. But the parents contended they all got in the car without a plan.

Describing the case as “one of the most bizarre” in her career, Anderson said the plea agreement was for the best because she felt that a jury would not have returned a guilty verdict on the kidnapping charge. She said the agreement held the parents accountable for criminal conduct while the counseling stipulations held out hope of a family reconciliation.

Justice William Brodrick agreed. Under normal circumstances, the parents’ conduct would have warranted a short jail term but he said the family dynamic added another dimension to the case and he signed off on the plea agreement.

“The best outcome… is that the family could somehow get back together. It looks unlikely at this point, but it’s possible,” Brodrick said.

During the hearing, Katelyn Kampf sat in the back of the courtroom with her son, D’Andre Johnson, who was born in January. Sometimes she buried her head in her hands, and she shook her head when the judge was told that racism was not a factor in the case.

Addressing the court, she said she felt race played a role. “Part of the reason this happened was because he was black,” she said, referring to her boyfriend. She told the judge that she was unhappy with the plea bargain.

Afterward, the daughter and her infant left the courtroom before her parents. It appeared that they never acknowledged each other.

She declined to speak to The Associated Press afterward, but Grover said she was disappointed.

“It’s an example of people with money being able to buy their way out and a district attorney who didn’t represent the victim,” Grover said by cell phone after he, Katelyn Kampf and D’Andre left.

Her new lawyer, Seth Berner, said he’s not letting the matter drop. He said he plans to contact the state attorney general’s hate crimes division. Also, because the Kampfs crossed state lines, he plans to address the matter with U.S. Attorney Paula Silsby.

Under the agreement, the parents will pay $5,000 toward Katelyn’s counseling while having their own psychological evaluations and attending up to eight counseling sessions in Maine. Up to three sessions could include the daughter if the counselor sees fit.

The parents must continue counseling when they return to Florida, where they’ve relocated after selling their home in North Yarmouth.

While the parents still hope to be reunited with Katelyn, it remains unclear whether she’ll be reunited with the father of her child.

Katelyn’s boyfriend, Reme Johnson, is scheduled to be deported to his native South Africa after serving time in jail. His mother, Ellen Johnson, is seeking another appeal hearing and is seeking help from Maine’s congressional delegation.