DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton woman was sentenced Monday for attempting to sell her daughter for sex, but the girl said it never happened.

Rachel White, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted compelling prostitution of a minor and child endangerment.

Police said she tried to peddle her 17-year-old daughter for sex at a Harrison Township motel last April to support her own drug habit.

Judge A. J. Wagner sentenced White to 18 months behind bars, the maximum sentence.

In a Dayton courtroom, Judge Wagner told White, "Attempting to whore out your daughter...it's disgusting."

After White serves her sentence, she must register as a sex offender.

Following Monday's sentencing, the teenage daughter told reporter Kathryn Burcham that it never happened. The girl said, "My mother has never prostituted me out, and I've never sold my body whether it's for drugs or money."

The 17-year-old said she supports her mother and will miss her while she is in prison.

The girl said, "I'm glad she's getting help and everything but at the same time I don't want everybody thinking that my Mom was out here, my pimp, prostituting me out for her addiction to crack cocaine."