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BOUNTIFUL -- Lawyers for a former Bountiful Junior High teacher accused of sexually abusing a student say she did not start the relationship and her victim does not want to see her prosecuted.
Linda Nef is charged with rape of a child and sodomy on a child for allegedly having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy from the school.
Nef has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her, and her lawyer tells the Deseret News she is not a pedophile and, at most, should be given probation if a plea deal can be worked out.
Another teacher from the school, Valynne Bowers, is also accused of having inappropriate contact with the same boy.
