Accused Teacher in Court

A school counselor accused of having sex with a student was in court Thursday.

After several delays a preliminary exam for accused sex offender Carrie Denbow has finally begun. 

Denbow appeared in Judge Charles Filice's court this morning to face charges that she had sexual relations with a student.

She was a counselor at the Hill Academy in West Lansing from 2005 until 2007 when the alleged crimes took place

A former student testified today that back in early 2006 when he was just fifteen Denbow performed oral sex on him in her office at the school.

He also told Ingham County assistant prosecutor Guy Sweet that she went to a motel with him and two other students in February of 2006 to drink and have sex.

The victim said, "Well, I asked her did she want to go get a hotel room and she said she had to think about it because she was kind of scary about messing around with me cause I was so young and she said she had to think about it. And at the end of the day I asked her again and she said yes."

He says Denbow bought him and two other kids alcohol, and once they got to the motel they hung a sheet between the two beds so she could have sex with him in some privacy while the other two students shared another bed.

Denbow has plead not guilty to the charges, but Judge Filice ruled there is enough evidence to go to trial.

He bound the case over to the circuit court where Denbow will face six counts of criminal sexual conduct.