Posted on 03/30/2015 3:27:17 PM PDT by Colofornian
BOUNTIFUL — A judge ruled Monday that a former Davis High School teacher will face separate trials on charges of sexually abusing three students.
Brianne Altice, 35, faces a total of 14 felony charges — including rape, forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and dealing in materials harmful to a minor — stemming from alleged sexual relationships with three former Davis High students who were 16 or 17 years old at the time.
Second District Judge Thomas Kay ruled Monday that it was "appropriate and necessary" to split the 10 original charges into three trials, one relating to each victim.
While there are similarities in all three cases, Kay ruled that they were not connected.
A fourth trial has also been ordered relating to four additional charges alleging Altice had sex with one of the victims while she was out on bail.
Altice's attorneys argued that lumping the cases together could result in "extreme prejudice" by a jury. Prosecutors, however, contended that the three cases together painted a picture of Altice's motives.
A scheduling conference has been set for April 9.
The former English teacher, currently being held in the Davis County Jail, is accused of sending explicit messages to the then-teenagers and meeting them for sex, including in her car and at her home. She was arrested in October 2013.
Kay ruled March 16 that an alleged confession while she was questioned by Davis County sheriff's deputies about one of the victims will be permissible at trial.
Earlier this month, one of the three former students who allegedly had sexual relations with Altice filed a civil lawsuit claiming the school district should have done a better job screening prospective employers and providing better training.
The student, his parents and his attorneys are seeking at least $674,000 in damages.
I love Utah town names. I once drove from Eden to Paradise and never went through Purgatory.
Bountiful in British Columbia is an FLDS town.
Bountiful badness
I volunteer to punish her!
Maine is the same -- You can drive from China to Mexico or to Hell and back
What say I?
She’s proof of the adage that: If she’s hot and single she’s crazy!
The reporter is hot!
Dibs
I lived in Bountiful for 8 years
Most definitely NOT GUILTY!!!!!
Big woman... wonder if she's always been a woman.
Where are the ‘I’d hit it’ posts?
You can tell just by looking at her that she is innocent and not guilty of all charges.
5.56mm
NOT GUILTY!!!
Crazy eyes...
Dang, she must have overpowered her victim! I guess it’s not funny but that was my first thought upon seeing your picture.
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