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.
Eeewww...
How much "force" would it take?
Then you know I was speaking literally.
Pretty much a sternly raised eyebrow would have worked on me.
That’s some powerful evidence you’ve uncovered there!
What a waste of taxpayers funds.
Just someone looking for both a good time and a payout.
Looking at her only a gay teenage boy would have to be forced to have sex with her.
Beam me up.
I was a guy in high school once. This is just BS IMHO. Doesn’t LE and the local DA have better things to do?
Ex-teacher sentenced to probation in sexual abuse case (February 2015)
She gave birth to children, so I think the answer is “no.”
Ex-teacher sentenced to probation in sexual abuse case (February 2015)
Whoa, definitely not guilty.
ABSOLUTELY 100% Not Guilty! (She can come up here.....I’ll supervise her ‘house arrest’ sentence!)
Seems like it could be/should be the boys she didn’t hit on that would be suing ;)
I guess that gives “A Trip to Bountiful” a whole new meaning.
This woman looks like a nutcase and she has a very odd, almost Asian face. Bizarre, but then in my mind, much of Utah is bizarre. Apologies to people from Utah, but it’s a strange place.
I wonder what quadruple probation looks like.
Has common sense disappeared altogether??? I certainly understand adults taking advantage of innocent vulnerable children.....but a sex kitten like her having to force 16, 17 year old males to have sex is ludicrous at best...they are lined up following her and dreaming about it.
Any parent of a male of that age who would deny reality should be concerned with their own parenting skills...
any adult having sexual contact with kids should be executed
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