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.
NOT GUILTY!!!
I do order hands on therapy at my house every night, beginning at 10pm,
Free breakfast, juice and tea in the morning...
Common sense in such matters has long ago been dropped.
Take a hint from the Jewish tradition and set age of consent at the age of Bat and Bar Mitzvah.
Mother nature knows what she is doing.....
The vast majority of the people on the planet would think we are crazy if they knew of the insanity of this case.
Engaging sex with a 16 yo minor is a felony if you are that person's "position of trust" educator...
Or are you a pedophile advocate?
With a face like that, she will NOT get prettier over time.
If I were on the jury, I would award HER the $640,000 for services rendered to those little snots and their parents.
“he has a very odd, almost Asian face.”
She looks partial Apache to me, but then, I married an Apache.
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Yeah, I’m certain those poor innocent 15 and 16 year-old children are just scarred for life.
They will grow to think kids are fair game. That is pretty scarred.
Nowhere does this excerpt state that the victims, oops, alleged victims, were male. Just a thought. Thanks Colofornian.
Why would you think people should get paid for raping children?
What if it was a male teacher having sex with a 16-year-old girl student? Would that also be OK with you?
Or a male teacher having sex with a 16-year-old boy student?
The gender of the purported victims was . . . ...???
So at least one of the victims was male.
She might spend the rest of her life in prisons for having sex with contemporary teen animals. Remember that during the same years that laws to do so were passed, sodomy and adultery were more legalized and promoted by the influential constituents in politics, business and academia.
16-17 year old guys are not "kids."
Or a male teacher having sex with a 16-year-old boy student?
The abuse of the power differential should invoke professional termination, but the age clearly denies childhood status and there should be no criminal charges whatsoever.
I don’t feel tardy.
The teachers who do this aren't always right in the head, but for God's sake, the boys in these cases are NOT victims. These adorable women should not be punished. It's just puritanical sadism.
Also, I was a "victim" of one of these teachers when I was in high school. We still keep in touch, and we cherish the memories of our time together. Both married to other people, have children and have no regrets.
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