COLORADO
KRDO
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — A former Hilltop Baptist School teacher has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges.
Terah Rawlings is accused of having sexual relations with one of her students from 2007 to 2008.
In November, a grand jury indicted Rawlings and charged her with four counts of sexual assault on a child while in a position of trust, four counts of alleged pattern of the same crime, and one count of promoting obscenity.
On Thursday, she pleaded not guilty to those charges.
Friends of the victim were at the courthouse Thursday and spoke to KRDO NewsChannel 13. They say they are shocked at her plea and that they think the victim now lives out of state with his mother.
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