BENTON — A former Bryant High School teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student will stand trial on sexual-assault charges in August, a judge ordered Monday.
Courtney Speer, 31, is facing six counts of second-degree sexual assault in the case, which was filed in October after her husband walked in on her with the juvenile, court records show.
Speer appeared with her attorney, Jack Lassiter, but didn't speak during the brief hearing and declined comment afterward. Judge Gary Arnold set the jury trial for Aug. 7-8 and also scheduled a June 10 hearing.
Speer, who had worked as a ninth-grade English teacher before resigning as charges were pending, previously entered an innocent plea.
According to an affidavit filed in Saline County Circuit Court, Bryant Police Department investigators questioned the 17-year-old victim, who acknowledged having sex with Speer multiple times at her home in Benton.
Speer's husband, also questioned by authorities, told detectives he returned home on Sept. 30, 2012, and found Speer and the 17-year-old both naked from the waist down in the couple's master bedroom, according to the affidavit.
Speer was formally charged Oct. 3. She resigned from the school district two days earlier.
