| For Immediate Release Case # 08CF3103
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Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami |
FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL BAND TEACHER FACES TRIAL FOR UNLAWFUL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH 15-YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT
SANTA ANA – A female high school band teacher faces trial Monday for having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male high school student. Carlie Rose Attebury, 31, Orange, is charged with two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, one felony count of lewd acts on a child, two felony counts of oral copulation of a minor under 16, one felony count of sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor, and one felony count of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime. If convicted on all counts, Attebury faces a maximum sentence of seven years in state prison and sex offender registration. Opening statements are expected to begin Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-41, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
Attebury is accused of meeting John Doe, a 15-year-old student, while working at El Modena High School in Orange as the band teacher. She is accused of gaining the trust of the victim and his family by befriending them, including having dinner at their home. The defendant is accused of manipulating the victim’s emotions by telling him she loved him and talking about marriage and a future together. Attebury is accused of exchanging hundreds of text messages with the victim, many of which were sexually explicit
In November 2007, Attebury is accused of having her first illegal sexual contact with the victim by kissing John Doe in her classroom on campus. Between November 2007 and September 2008, Attebury is accused of having an unlawful sexual relationship with John Doe on a regular basis at her home in Orange. She is accused of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation, and digital penetration with the victim.
In June 2008, while continuing to have an unlawful sexual relationship with John Doe, Attebury is accused of going to the Orange Police Department (OPD) to report that she was the victim of an extortion attempt by a former El Modena High School student, Miguel Lopez. Lopez contacted Attebury on MySpace and said he would report a prior sexual relationship that the defendant had with a former 18-year-old student and John Doe if she did not pay him $3,500 and send him sexually explicit photos of herself.
Attebury is accused of denying her ongoing illegal sexual relationship with John Doe, which continued through the course of the extortion investigation. Lopez pleaded guilty to one felony count of extortion in August 2009 and was sentenced to three years of probation.
In October 2008, parent booster club members contacted the school principal after becoming alarmed by inappropriate behavior observed between Attebury and the victim. In one instance, Attebury is accused of sitting behind John Doe in the bleachers at a school event. She is accused of having her legs straddled on either side of him and caressing his hair in view of parents and other students.
The Principal at El Modena High School contacted OPD in October 2008. After OPD began investigating the possible sexual assault by Attebury of a current students, Attebury is accused of having a phone conversation with the victim and encouraging him not to cooperate with the investigation.